The Renaissance Art Web Scavenger Hunt
Directions: Using the links and directions in italics to answer the following guided questions in the space provided.

WebMuseum, Paris 
(bit.ly/renarthunt)
Read the section introducing the 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 was considered to “herald the modern age" characterized by what four things?

5.	Today the renaissance is considered a _____________ and _____________ movement.
Roger van der Weyden 
(bit.ly/renart1)
Scroll down to the “pieta” and click on the picture.
6.	What makes this a renaissance painting?

7.	How are the Renaissance values of humanism embodied in this painting?

Leonardo da Vinci 
(http://bit.ly/renart2)
Scroll down to “The Last Supper” and click on the picture.
8.	What details or elements of this painting make it a renaissance painting?

Michelangelo 
(http://bit.ly/renart3)
Scroll down to “Sybille de Cummes” and click on the picture.
9.	What details or elements of this painting make it a renaissance painting?

10.	How are the Renaissance values of humanism embodied in this painting?

Scroll down to the next picture titled “The Creation of Man” and click on the picture.
11.	What makes this a renaissance painting?

Jan Van Eyck 
(http://bit.ly/renart4)
Scroll down to the “Ghent of Altarpiece” and click on the picture.
12.	What makes this a renaissance painting?

13.	How is it different from or like Michelangelo or da Vinci?