Starter quiz
- Northern Renaissance artists like ______ liked to paint about ordinary situations and everyday life.
- 'Bruegel' ✓
- During which century did Jan van Eyck paint the Arnolfini Portrait?
- Twelfth
- Thirteenth
- Fourteenth
- Fifteenth ✓
- Sixteenth
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- During which century did Pieter Bruegel paint his scenes of everyday life?
- Thirteenth
- Fourteenth
- Fifteenth
- Sixteenth ✓
- Seventeenth
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- Northern European artists stopped painting religious subjects because reformers rejected the ideas of the ______ Church.
- 'Catholic' ✓
- Henry VIII had his portrait painted by Hans ______.
- 'Holbein' ✓
- What did Henry VIII have done to his portrait in order to project its message about his power and status?
- He had it displayed in public.
- He had it copied. ✓
- He had it sent to foreign monarchs.
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Exit quiz
- Which of these is an example of Renaissance architecture?
- The Mona Lisa
- The Hunters in the Snow
- St Peter's Basilica ✓
- The Virgin of the Rocks
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- Which of these artefacts can tell us about new painting techniques that were developed during the Renaissance?
- Vesalius' On the Fabric of the Human Body
- Copernicus' map of the universe
- Van Eyck's Arnolfini portrait ✓
- Da Vinci's The Virgin of the Rocks ✓
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- By looking at Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks we can see he was particularly interested in human ______.
- 'flight' ✓
- Looking at the portraits produced for rich and powerful Renaissance people can tell us a lot about their ______.
- 'minds' ✓
- An object made by human beings in the past is an ______.
- 'artefact' ✓
- Match the artist to their artwork.
- Pieter Bruegel⇔Hunters in the Snow ✓
- Hans Holbein⇔Portrait of Erasmus ✓
- Jan van Eyck⇔The Arnolfini Portrait ✓
- Michelangelo⇔David ✓
- Leonardo da Vinci⇔The Virgin of the Rocks ✓
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Key learning points
- Different types of sources can be used to learn about a period.
- These sources can be used to answer different questions.
- The Renaissance was expressed through book production.
- The Renaissance was expressed through writing.
- The Renaissance was expressed through art and architecture.
Common misconception
Pupils may believe that some sources have a greater inherent value than others.
Remind pupils that a source's value rests entirely upon the enquiry for which it is used and the questions asked of it. No source has inherent value unless used as part of an enquiry.
Keywords
Artefact - an object made by human beings in the past is an artefact
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