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Personalities of the Renaissance
Essential Questions: Chapter 28 & 29
Can you think of any possible responses to the two essential questions listed below?
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Who did you choose?
Why did you choose this person?
Name at least three of the person’s talents, accomplishments, or achievements.
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Explain why he or she has been influential.
Personalities of the Renaissance
In an effort to understand the influence and accomplishments of Machiavelli, Michelangelo,
Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, and Johannes Gutenberg respond to each of the following
questions or prompts listed below using complete sentences.
Part 1. Michelangelo:
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Read section 28.5 “Advances in Sculpture”
Respond to each of the following questions or prompts.
How were Renaissance sculptors influenced by humanist ideals and ancient Roman statues?
What did statues produced during the Renaissance symbolize?
Who was Michelangelo?
From who’s work was Michelangelo influenced by?
What is significant about Michelangelo’s David?
Part II. Leonardo da Vinci:
• Read section 28.7 “Advances in Science and Mathematics”
• Respond to each of the following questions or prompts.
How did the study of science change during the Renaissance?
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
Describe da Vinci’s work.
Part 3. Niccolo Machiavelli
• Read Section 28.8 “Florentine Politics”
• Respond to each of the following questions or prompts.
Who was Niccolo Machiavelli?
What did Machiavelli write about in The Prince? How did this book contradict humanist ideals? In what
ways was it a very modern work?
Rewrite each quotation from The Prince below in your own words.
Part 4. Johannes Gutenberg
• Read Section 29.2 “The Renaissance Spreads Through Europe”
• Respond to each of the following questions or prompts.
How did Renaissance ideas spread from Italy to the rest of Europe?
Who was Johannes Gutenberg?
How did Gutenberg’s printing press improve upon existing printing methods?
How did the printing press help to spread new ideas, discoveries, and inventions?
Part 5. Michelangelo, Italian Sculptor and Painter
• Read Section 29.3 “Michelangelo, Italian Sculptor and Painter”
• Respond to each of the following questions or prompts.
Part 6. William Shakespeare
• Read Section 29.10“William Shakespeare, English Poet and Playwright”
• Respond to each of the following questions or prompts.
Part 7. Leonardo da Vinci
• Read Section 29.12 “Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance Person”
• Respond to each of the following questions or prompts.