Art Of Renaissance Europe: A Resource For Educators With CDROM And Other; Manufacturer: Metropolitan Museum Of Art; Introduction: Lydecker, Kent; Book; Slides (photographic transparencies); Poster

Manufacturer: Metropolitan Museum Of Art; Introduction: Lydecker, Kent
Book; Slides (photographic transparencies); Poster; Illustrations
Published: November 2001
Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300088957

Designed for use in the classroom, the posters, CD-ROM slides, timeline, copies of original fifteenth- and sixteenth-century writings, and lesson plans in this boxed resource will help students explore the richness and diversity of Renaissance art.The tote box provides illustrations and discussions of works from the Metropolitan that embody the Renaissance interest in classical learning, fame, and beautiful objects. Texts explore the great cities and powerful personalities of the age. Students study gesture and narrative, working as Renaissance artists did when they created paintings and drawings. As they learn about perspective, the students examine the era's interest in science and mathematics. Through projects based on poetic forms of the time, they write about their responDesigned for use in the classroom, the posters, CD-ROM slides, timeline, copies of 15th- and 16th-century writings, and lesson plans in this boxed resource should help students explore the richness and diversity of Renaissance art.