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What Was the Renaissance Worldview?

Determine the most significant change in worldview brought about by the Renaissance by comparing the implicit worldviews in paired examples of Medieval and Renaissance creative works; e.g., paintings, sculpture, architecture and music.


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Title:

Required Program Model Content for Visual Arts 10
Host:

British Columbia Ministry of Education
Description:

This website contains the prescribed learning outcomes for visual arts 10 which includes Ceramics and Sculpture, Drawing and Painting and Media Arts..
Navigation Tips:

Scroll down to view text.

URL:

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/pdfs/arts_education/support_materials/va10_sup.pdf

 

Title: Art, Design, and Visual Thinking: Principles of Design
Host: Cornell University
Description: This website contains images and text related to the elements of design in art. Images from Renaissance artists, such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, illustrate the concepts.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to access information. Click on highlighted terms within the text to view additional information. Click on Back or Next at the bottom of the screen to advance or return to other related topics.
URL: http://char.txa.cornell.edu/language/principl/principl.htm

 

Title:

Self Guide: Medieval and Renaissance Art at the Art Institute

Host:

The Art Institute of Chicago
Description:

This website contains a guide for junior and senior high school students to Medieval and Renaissance art displayed at the galleries of the Art Institute.

Navigation Tips:

Scroll down to access images, information and suggested activities.
URL:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/citi/resources/Rsrc_001625.pdf

 

Title: Italian Renaissance Learning Resources
Host: Oxford University Press
Description: This website contains eight units that explore different themes in Italian Renaissance. Also included are activity guides and discussion questions.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down and click on links to access information.
URL: http://italianrenaissanceresources.com/

 

Title:

Renaissance Art Lecture

Host:

Dan McDowell

Description:

This website contains an electronic slide show as a guide to Renaissance art and artists, such as Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Medieval and Renaissance art styles are compared.

Navigation Tips:

Click on the arrow button at the bottom of the screen to advance through the slides. Click on a slide number in the left-hand-side menu to access a specific slide.

URL:

http://www.slideshare.net/dmcdowell/renaissance-art-lecture

 

Title: Medieval art
Host: Kidipede—History for Kids
Description: This website contains information on Medieval art and an image of a Medieval painting of the Madonna and child.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to access text and to view the image of the Medieval painting of the Madonna and child.
URL: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/art/

 

Title:

Renaissance period painting by Raphael of Madonna and child
Host:

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Description:

This website contains a single image of a Renaissance painting of Madonna and Child by Raphael.
Navigation Tips:

Not applicable
URL:

http://www.nga.gov/feature/artnation/cameron/images/raphael/raphael_madonna_185x261.jpg 

 

Title: York, St. Mary’s Abbey, Life-size figure of Moses. c. 1180–5
Host: European Commission: Raphael Programme
Description: This website contains an image and a description of a sculpture of Moses from the Medieval period.
Navigation Tips: Click on the arrows at the bottom of the screen to view additional images of Medieval sculpture and masonry.
URL: http://www.mondes-normands.caen.fr/angleterre/archeo/Angleterre/sculpture/moses.htm

 

Title:

Renaissance period sculpture of Moses by Michelangelo
Host:

Zbigniew Kosc

Description:

This website contains a single image of a Renaissance sculpture of Moses by Michelangelo.
Navigation Tips:

Not applicable.

URL:

http://home.kpn.nl/f2hzbyszek/Roma%20color%20gallery/images/roma-michelangelo-moses.jpg

 

Title: Medieval Architecture
Host: Cupola Consulting
Description: This website contains five image galleries with photographs of Medieval architecture.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to view thumbnail images and descriptions. Click on each thumbnail to enlarge. Click on Next Gallery or on a number beside Go to Medieval Gallery at the bottom of the screen to view additional images.
URL: http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/medieval/mediev01.htm

 

Title: Renaissance and Mannerist Architecture
Host: Cupola Consulting
Description: This website contains two image galleries with photographs of Renaissance and Mannerist architecture.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to view images and descriptions. Click on each thumbnail image to enlarge. Click on 2 beside Go to Renaissance and Mannerist Gallery at the bottom of the screen to view additional images.
URL: http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/renaissa/renais01.htm

 

Title: The Text Library: Plainsong (Gregorian Chant)
Host: DoveSong.com
Description: This website contains information about plainsong (Gregorian style), a Medieval style of singing of the church liturgy.
Navigation Tips: Click on About Plainsong for a description of plainsong. Click on DoveSong MP3s to listen to samples of plainsong.
Note: To listen to the selections, the latest edition of the Apple iTunes player is required. This download is available at http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/. Once the download is completed, click on a selection title and open the file. The length of time to open the file may vary depending on the user’s computer and on the number of users accessing the website.
URL: http://www.dovesong.com/positive_music/archives/plainsong/plainsong.asp

 

Title: The Text Library: Music Through the Centuries: Part 2—The Sixteenth Century
Host: DoveSong.com
Description: This website contains a tutorial about Renaissance sacred music including text and music samples.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down and click on About Renaissance Sacred Music to access historical information about Renaissance music from 1400 to 1600. Click on DoveSong MP3 Pages to listen to samples of Renaissance music.
Note: To listen to the selections, the latest edition of the Apple iTunes player is required. This download is available at http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/. Once the download is completed, click on a selection title and open the file. The length of time to open the file may vary depending on the user’s computer and on the number of users accessing the website.
URL: http://www.dovesong.com/positive_music/archives/renaissance/renaissance.asp

 

Title: Comparison of Medieval, Renaissance & Baroque Musical Styles
Host: Eastern Michigan University
Description: This webpage compares Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque musical styles in a table format.   The teacher may want to review this webpage first, to ensure it does not provide too much information for the task.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to access complete text.
URL: http://people.emich.edu/dpierce/Med_Ren_table.html

 

Title: Medieval Sermon Tales
Host: Department of History, Hanover College
Description: This website contains tales of confessions of heretics taken from Medieval sermons.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to access complete text.
URL: http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/346serm.html

 

Title: Famous Hamlet Quote by William Shakespeare
Host: Famous Quotes
Description: This website contains a quote by William Shakespeare that suggests a change in worldview from Medieval spirituality to Renaissance humanism.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to access an interpretation of the quote. Click on the Next button to access additional quotes by Shakespeare.
URL: http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/hamlet-quotes/hamlet-quote-what-a-piece-of-work-10.htm

 

Title: The Prince. Chapter XVIII—Concerning The Way In Which Princes Should Keep Faith
Host: Constitution Society
Description: This website contains the text of chapter XVIII of The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli. He describes his contemporaries as intelligent, sly, manipulative, esteemed, sophisticated and appearing “merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright” while not actually being so. These statements suggest a change from the Medieval focus on morality to the Renaissance focus on achievement.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to access complete text.
URL: http://www.constitution.org/mac/prince18.htm

 

Title: Children in Medieval and Renaissance Works of Art
Host: Karen Larsdatter
Description: This website contains links to depictions and portraits of children from the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to access information. Click on highlighted terms to view images. Click on links to access collections at various galleries.
URL: http://www.larsdatter.com/children.htm
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