One day, I was sitting in Mr. Mackey’s class and I felt very tired. The classroom was very warm and I started to fall asleep. I fell forward and my head hits the desk. Suddenly, I wake up and I am no longer in the classroom. I am in a time machine with Leonardo da Vinci. He tells me that he is my tour guide for a journey into the Renaissance. He also tells me that every person we see comes into the time machine with us for a big surprise.
The first thing Leonardo does is he travels to the 14th century into Florence, Italy to quickly discuss the Renaissance and his paintings. The Renaissance means rebirth in Europe. It was a time of creativity and change in society. There was more wealth, fame, and better mankind. Leonardo was one …show more content…
It is known as the most important realistic painting in history. We also saw Leonardo’s Last Supper which includes a perfect example of perspective as the room where the Last Supper takes place has two walls on the outside and one in the back. We then travel 50 years ahead to see Donatello’s Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata in Padua, Italy. Da Vinci tells us that this is the first life-sized sculpture completed since Roman era. We then travel back to Florence but 50 years ahead to see Michelangelo’s David and Pieta. David is a 17 ft tall sculpture that represents the David who defeats Goliath with a stone. This sculpture also represents David’s masculinity and perfect form. The Pieta is similar to David. It shows Mary’s grief as she comforts Jesus after he is taken down from the cross. Leonardo then takes us to see our final Italian Renaissance artist Raphael and his painting The School of Athens. This happens 10 years after David and points out the major Greek and Roman historical figures in Greek era. It also includes an example of …show more content…
There were more radical people spreading as the Protestant Reformation spreads. A group called the Anabaptists was formed. King Henry VIII would become a Protestant by splitting with the Roman Catholic Church. He split with the Church mainly because he wanted an annulment with Catherine of Aragon. He wanted one because she couldn’t produce a male heir. The Pope refused this annulment so Henry responds with a series of laws that stole church land and money. He would then support the English Parliament by passing the Act of Supremacy which made Henry become head of the Anglicans. He would then be granted his annulment marrying his second wife Anne Boleyn. Another major English monarch named Elizabeth I would become Queen. She wanted to become involved with the kingdom. She made compromises that Catholics and Protestants accepted. She was also an Anglican just like King Henry VIII. She would make England a firmly Protestant
The first thing Leonardo does is he travels to the 14th century into Florence, Italy to quickly discuss the Renaissance and his paintings. The Renaissance means rebirth in Europe. It was a time of creativity and change in society. There was more wealth, fame, and better mankind. Leonardo was one …show more content…
It is known as the most important realistic painting in history. We also saw Leonardo’s Last Supper which includes a perfect example of perspective as the room where the Last Supper takes place has two walls on the outside and one in the back. We then travel 50 years ahead to see Donatello’s Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata in Padua, Italy. Da Vinci tells us that this is the first life-sized sculpture completed since Roman era. We then travel back to Florence but 50 years ahead to see Michelangelo’s David and Pieta. David is a 17 ft tall sculpture that represents the David who defeats Goliath with a stone. This sculpture also represents David’s masculinity and perfect form. The Pieta is similar to David. It shows Mary’s grief as she comforts Jesus after he is taken down from the cross. Leonardo then takes us to see our final Italian Renaissance artist Raphael and his painting The School of Athens. This happens 10 years after David and points out the major Greek and Roman historical figures in Greek era. It also includes an example of …show more content…
There were more radical people spreading as the Protestant Reformation spreads. A group called the Anabaptists was formed. King Henry VIII would become a Protestant by splitting with the Roman Catholic Church. He split with the Church mainly because he wanted an annulment with Catherine of Aragon. He wanted one because she couldn’t produce a male heir. The Pope refused this annulment so Henry responds with a series of laws that stole church land and money. He would then support the English Parliament by passing the Act of Supremacy which made Henry become head of the Anglicans. He would then be granted his annulment marrying his second wife Anne Boleyn. Another major English monarch named Elizabeth I would become Queen. She wanted to become involved with the kingdom. She made compromises that Catholics and Protestants accepted. She was also an Anglican just like King Henry VIII. She would make England a firmly Protestant