Read the section introducing this site [up to 'The Renaissance as a Historical Period] and then answer the following questions:

1. What does "renaissance" literally translate to?
2. During what centuries did the Renaissance take place?
3. With what cultures did people of the renaissance compare their cultures?
4. The renaissance is considered to "herald the modern age" characterized by what four things?
5. Today the renaissance is considered a _____________ and _____________ movement.

Click on Germany,

then Roger van der Weyden or click here;

then scroll down to the 'Pieta' and click on the picture.

1. What makes this a renaissance painting?
2. What renaissance values are embodied in this painting?

Return to WebMuseum, Paris: la Renaissance,

then click on The Renaissance in Italy.

Scroll down to Leonardo da Vinci or click here.

Scroll down to 'The Last Supper' and click on the picture.

1. What details or elements of this painting make it a renaissance painting?

Click back to The Renaissance in Italy page.

This time scroll down to Michelangelo or click here.

Scroll down to 'Sybille de Cummes' and click on the picture.

1. What details or elements of this painting make it a renaissance painting?
2. What renaissance values are embodied in this painting?

Click back to the Michelangelo page and

scroll down to the next picture titled 'The Creation of Man'. Click on the picture.

1. What makes this a renaissance painting?

Return to the WebMuseum, Paris: la Renaissance.

Click on The Netherlands,

then on Jan Van Eyck or click here.

Scroll down to 'Ghent Altarpiece' and click on the picture.

1. What makes this a renaissance painting?
2. How is it different from or similar to Michelangelo or da Vinci?

Now for the tough question!