Unit 5:  The Renaissance & Reformation

Leonardo DaVinci & Michelangelo:  Icons of the Renaissance Compared
Watch the two documentaries to the right and take notes about the following characteristics of each artist:
  • What was their childhood like?  Their adult life?  What personal issues did they face?
  • What were their most famous works of art?
  • What themes were common in their work? (Engineering?  Religious?  Medical?  Scientific?)
Turn in your notes for completion credit when you are finished!


EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY:
Using the notes  you took while watching the biographies of each artist, create a graphic organizer comparing and contrasting them to one another.  Either a venn diagram or a compare/contrast map would work well.  Your graphic organizer must contain the following:
  • 3 unique characteristics of each artist
  • 4 characteristics that the two men have in common.
The more detailed you are, the more extra credit you get!
CLICK HERE for the Leonardo DaVinci Documentary (Link takes  you to www.biography.com)

The Michelangelo documentary is embedded below and can also be watched on YouTube.