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PART ONE: RESEARCH
Choose a Renaissance artist, author, and mathematician or
scientist whose lives and work you would like to research. Find five resources on the artist. You should have one from each of the
following sources: reference books, magazine articles, and the Internet (see
the list of helpful web pages). Show
the reference books and articles to your teacher for approval.
LEFT PANEL (ARTIST):
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PORTRAIT OF
ARTIST: Obtain a picture of the artist, preferably in color. Write his/her name, birth date and death
date (for example: Jane Smith
1401-1482) on the top of the left panel. Place the portrait at the top-left of the left panel of your
project.
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TIMELINE: Design a
timeline of your artist’s life that includes at least 15 events, such as:
*Birth *Awards
*Early life *Education
*Marriage/children *When major works
were created
*Death *Major
artistic periods
Create a rough draft of your timeline by listing the
events from your graphic organizer in chronological order. Place the timeline of the artist’s life next
to the portrait of your artist.
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LETTER TO THE
ARTIST: Write a letter to the artist describing what you like and dislike about
his or her style and work. Think about
the artist’s color choices, subject matter, composition, and use of line,
light, shape, texture, and shading.
1.
The letter
should be two paragraphs long. One
paragraph should focus on the elements you like, and one should focus on the
elements you dislike.
2.
Place this
letter underneath the timeline.
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REPRODUCTION OF
ARTIST’S WORK: Choose one of the artist’s major works and reproduce it so it
looks as much like the original as possible.
If the artist was a painter, you can choose the either draw or paint
your picture.
1.
The
reproduction should be approximately one-fourth the size of the left panel.
2.
Place this
picture on the underneath the portrait.
3.
On an
index card write the title of the piece, the date it was created, and the
medium the artist used to create it.
Put this below the piece.
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RESPONSES TO
ARTWORK: Show 10 people of different ages a color copy of the picture you chose
to reproduce.
1.
Ask each
person to describe the picture.
Summarize each person’s response in a complete sentence.
2.
Write or type
these responses; label them “A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words.”
3.
Place this
underneath the reproduction of your artist’s work.
RIGHT PANEL (AUTHOR):
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PORTRAIT OF
AUTHOR: Obtain a picture of the author, preferably in color. Write his/her name, birth date and death
date (for example: Jane Smith
1401-1482) on the top of the right panel. Place the portrait at the top-left of the right panel of your
project.
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TIMELINE: Design a
timeline of your author’s life that includes at least 15 events, such as:
*Birth *Awards
*Early life *Education
*Marriage/children *When major works
were created
*Death *Major
artistic periods
Create a rough draft of your timeline by listing the
events from your graphic organizer in chronological order. Place the timeline of the author’s life next
to the portrait of your artist.
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LIST OF WORKS:
Create a list of all titles of the author’s work.
1.
Titles
should be in chronological order with copyright dates next to the titles.
2.
Place the
list underneath the timeline of the author.
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REPRODUCTION OF
ARTIST’S WORK: Choose one of the artist’s major works and copy it or retype
it. If the author has a short piece,
such as a poem, you may use the whole piece.
However, if you choose a larger piece of work, choose a powerful
paragraph of that piece and retype it.
1.
Write or
type the title and the copyright date above the text.
2.
The
reproduction should be approximately one-fourth the size of the left panel.
3.
Place the
text underneath the author’s potrait.
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PICTURE
REPRESENTATION OF TEXT: Draw a picture that represents an aspect of the your
author’s text.
1.
The
picture should show an understanding of the text you chose.
2.
It should be in
the style of the artist you chose (on the left panel). For example, if your artist painted
landscapes, draw the setting; if he or she painted portraits, draw a character,
etc.
CENTER PANEL (TITLE, ARCHITECTURE, AND
MATHEMATICIAN/INVENTOR):
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PROJECT TITLE: Use
creative lettering to write “The Renaissance” on the top center panel of your
display. Make it eye-catching and
colorful. Write your name below the
artist’s.
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RENAISSANCE
ARCHITECTURE: Find a famous building that was built during the Renaissance
period (see the list of Internet sites for ideas).
1.
Print out,
photocopy, or draw a picture of the building you chose.
2.
Place the
picture of the building underneath the project title.
3.
On a 5x7
index card write a paragraph stating who the architect of the building was, the
date it was built, and at least three reasons the makes the building
architecturally significant (i.e. Corinthian columns).
4.
Place the
index card next to the picture of the building.
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PORTRAIT OF
MATHEMATICIAN/INVENTOR: Obtain a picture of the mathematician/inventor,
preferably in color, as well as a picture of the math formula or invention that
he or she created.
1.
Write
his/her name, birth date and death date (for example: Jane Smith 1401-1482) just above the picture.
2.
Place the
picture of the math formula/invention underneath the building.
3.
Draw a
“thinking bubble” (like in cartoons) around the formula/invention. It should lead to the portrait of the
mathematician/inventor.
4.
Place the
portrait at the underneath the thinking bubble.
5.
On a 3x5
index card give a short description of the formula/invention, how they used it
then, and the impact it has had on today’s society. Place this above the portrait.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Write or type a bibliography of all resources used to obtain your information.
1.
Your
bibliography should be in MLA style (use the graphic organizer given for
books. For other sources, see Helpful Links for Your
Renaissance Research Report to look up how to cite different sources).
2.
Place this bibliography on the bottom of the center panel.