Introduction - The Renaissance (~CE 1350 - 1600) was an era of artistic and scientific achievement. European artists, politicians, and scientists laid the foundations of the Modern world
Instructions - Using the websites below, complete the webquest guide for each of the three famous Renaissance artists below. Be sure to examine each website! I have arranged the sites in increasing difficulty. The easiest to read sites are first, the sites with the most info are last.
Procedure
(1) Review the guiding questions for one of the artists on the inquiry chart
(2) Investigate a source from the webquest
(3) Attempt to answer as many/much of the guiding questions as you can
(4) Repeat 1-3 until all sources have been reviewed
(5) Bring your sheet to Mr. Cote for review
(6) Move on to the next artist and begin again at step 1
STAY ON THE WEBQUEST! You don't have time to wander around in the Internet - there is TONS of info on each of these peeps and you will get distracted, no doubt! Much of that data is inaccurate. I selected these sites for a reason, and each will help you complete your research quickly.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1) a student project, and a good introduction to the artist: link
2) a bit more scholarly of a biography, from the Encyclopedia Brittanica (1911): link
3) a site dedicated to the artist, with many resources: link
4) galleries of all works by Michelangelo (click on the "works" button): link
Leonardo da Vinci
1) a biography put together by the museum of science: link
2) a biography in the Encylcopedia Brittanica: link
3) some of Da Vinci's inventions: link
4) galleries of all works by DaVinci: link
Lorenzo de Medici, the Magnificent
1) A website about world history aimed at young adults.
http://www.mrdowling.com/704-medici.html
2) A biography from a children's history site from Australia. http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/lo/Lorenzo_de_Medici
3) A concise biography. http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jan/lorenzo.html
4) An article from the Columbia Encylcopedia http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0832477.html
5) Some of Lorenzo's poems. link
