Idaho Social Studies 9-12.WC.33
The Standard
Analyze the significance of Renaissance art, including, but not limited to: • Leonardo da Vinci • Michelangelo • Brunelleschi • Raphael
Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies · The Renaissance and Reformation (c. 1450 AD – 1600 AD)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students examine paintings, sculpture, and buildings for perspective, classical ideas, and lifelike figures. They use details from specific works to explain what changed during the Renaissance.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can point out perspective in Leonardo's Last Supper and ancient thinkers in Raphael's School of Athens. They can explain how Michelangelo's David drew on classical sculpture and how Brunelleschi's dome solved a major building problem.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think Renaissance artists stopped making religious art, though churches still commissioned many works. They may credit Leonardo with David or think Brunelleschi was a painter rather than an architect.
How to Assess It
- Show a print of Raphael's School of Athens. Ask students to name one visible detail and explain what it suggests about Renaissance interest in ancient learning.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give students rulers and a print of The Last Supper; have them trace lines toward the vanishing point behind Jesus.
Project The School of Athens and the Sistine Chapel ceiling; ask, “What does each image show about Renaissance interests and patrons?”
Give pairs four artwork cards and four artist cards; have them match each pair and name one Renaissance feature in each work.
Compare photos of Florence Cathedral's dome and the U.S. Capitol dome; have students list two design similarities and one difference.
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