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The Worlds of the Renaissance: Projects - Kim Smolik

What is an ideal society?

A comparison of Renaissance Florence and Venice

Materials included:

1. Original Sources
   1. Florence
      1. Primary Source Documents
         • Excerpt from Lives of the Artists: Michelangelo by Giorgio Vasari
         • Excerpt from Panegyric to the City of Florence by Leonardo Bruni
      2. Artistic source
         • David by Michelangelo

   2. Venice
      1. Primary Source Documents
         • Excerpts from Venice: A Documentary History, 1450-1630
      2. Artistic sources
         • Church of San Marco in Venice
         • Palazzo Ducale in Venice
         • Hagia Sophia in Istanbul

2. Student questions to accompany primary source readings

3. Teacher's notes

4. Web site suggestions for student research

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