{"id":30,"date":"2017-11-22T01:44:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T01:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2018-12-20T13:17:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T13:17:45","slug":"story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/story\/","title":{"rendered":"Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"top\"><\/div>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #fe0002;\">Art and Culture of The Renaissance: \u00a0Story Part 1 &#8211; Grades K-3<\/span><\/h1>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-30-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/RenaissanceStoryPt1K3.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/RenaissanceStoryPt1K3.mp3\">http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/RenaissanceStoryPt1K3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"scroll-box\">\n<p>[one_half]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-538\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson01\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ArrowLeftUpSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"59\" height=\"41\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Click here to play\u00a0or pause the audio. <\/span><\/strong>[\/one_half]<\/p>\n<p>[one_half_last]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-583\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson01\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ArrowRightUpSmall2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"51\" height=\"33\" \/>Use this scrollbar to read along,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">viewing the entire story and visuals.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/one_half_last]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Docent Instructions: \u00a0The word Pause is the suggested point in which to pause the story and to ask your students to share ideas with the students next to them about what they learned in the previous part of the story for\u00a0approximately\u00a01 to 3 minutes. \u00a0This allows for cooperative learning to occur.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Art and Culture of The Renaissance: \u00a0Story Part 1 &#8211; Grades K-3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Copyright Denise T. Federico 6\/03\/05<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look, ninjas in masks.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-208\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Masks.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Who are they?&#8221; Everyone in the class was shouting at once. Ms. Levine hushed the group and signaled for raised hands. &#8220;OK, Jesse you\u2019re first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know who they are, they&#8217;re Michelangelo in the orange mask, Raphael in the red mask, Leonardo in the blue and Donatello in the purple mask, and I know they are famous people who really lived!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Excellent Jesse. A local theater company is doing a play with these special ninjas and asked us for some help. They want us to suggest some other characters and some good speaking lines for each one. The name of the play is Art and Culture of The <strong>Renaissance<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now I heard Lisa ask why do they have long strange names, not like ours. That&#8217;s because these famous people came from the <strong>Renaissance <\/strong>time. <strong>Renaissance<\/strong> is a French word that means rebirth, or to be born again. This time began long ago in the 1300s after The Middle Ages, in Florence, Italy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV07_DomedBuilding.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renaissance in Florence, Italy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Now can anyone guess why these special ninjas wear different colored masks? Yes, I heard a lot of smart thinkers say because they are very famous artists. You kids know everything these days! How<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-169\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV27_AmbrogioLorenzettiEffectsGoodGovernmentCity.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV27_AmbrogioLorenzettiEffectsGoodGovernmentCity.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV27_AmbrogioLorenzettiEffectsGoodGovernmentCity-300x168.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Life During The Renaissance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>did artists get to be so special and so famous then? Because this time artists were people who were experts in what they could do, like carpenters or cabinet makers. They used to be called <strong>tradesmen<\/strong> because they took what they made to town where they traded and sold it to buyers, people who needed their things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, said Jessie, just like I trade my ninja cards with Josh!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s right Jessie, and I&#8217;m sure you all trade something with one another. See you kids have more in common with the <strong>Renaissance<\/strong> then you think!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now, at this time there were artists with amazing talents. And so artists became very important men, because everyone loved art and looked at art with a new appreciation and respect that they never had before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[one_half]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV08_LorenzodeMediciRitratto.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV08_LorenzodeMediciRitratto.jpeg 241w, https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV08_LorenzodeMediciRitratto-234x300.jpeg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lorenzo de Medici, Patron of the Arts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_half] [one_half_last]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-159\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV17_AngeloBronzinoCosimodeMediciArmour.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"294\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cosimo de Medici, Patron of the Arts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_half_last]&#8221;These artists of the <strong>High<\/strong> <strong>Renaissance<\/strong> had such awesome talents. But they also became known and famous because at this time many <strong>patrons<\/strong> who loved art paid for their art. Like in The Middle Ages time, the Church was a <strong>patron<\/strong> of art. But in The <strong>Renaissance<\/strong> time, there were no smartphones, iPads; in fact there weren\u2019t any cameras at all. But the important people, called <strong>nobles<\/strong>,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-200\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV59_Cesareborgia.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"293\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesare Borgia, a Nobleman, Patron of the Arts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>who were the royalty of the town, wanted pictures of themselves and their families, which are called <strong>portraits<\/strong>, to show how important they were and to last in history. But since there were no cameras, very good artists had to draw and paint their <strong>portraits<\/strong>. During The Middle Ages the art of <strong>portraits<\/strong> had been forgotten about. But now in the <strong>Renaissance<\/strong>,<strong> portraits<\/strong> were wanted and very popular.&#8221;[one_third]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV15_Portrait-YoungManMassacio.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV15_Portrait-YoungManMassacio.jpeg 241w, https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV15_Portrait-YoungManMassacio-231x300.jpeg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_third] [one_third]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV20_Ma\u00eetreL\u00e9gendeSainteMarieMadeleine.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV20_Ma\u00eetreL\u00e9gendeSainteMarieMadeleine.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV20_Ma\u00eetreL\u00e9gendeSainteMarieMadeleine-235x300.jpeg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_third] [one_third_last]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154\" style=\"width: 184px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV12_Portrait.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"275\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_third_last]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(Pause here.)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The <strong>Renaissance<\/strong> in painting began with Giotto. I&#8217;m sure you will want to add Giotto as another special character to the play. So you&#8217;ll need to pick a color for his mask, and a good line or two for him to say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175\" style=\"width: 299px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-175\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV33_GozzoliMagiChapelShepherd.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"240\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Shepherd Boy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Giotto was a <strong>shepherd<\/strong> boy who loved to draw on slabs of stone as he guarded his flock. When he was only twelve years old, an artist named Cimabue saw his talent and was amazed. He asked<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-176\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV34_Portrait.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"296\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Noble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Giotto&#8217;s father to let him study art with him as his <strong>apprentice<\/strong> or student.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey just like that show on TV my parents watch about the <strong>apprentice <\/strong>for the guy with that funny hair,\u201d said Josh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell yes, Josh, I guess back in the <strong>Renaissance<\/strong>, Donald Trump would be a <strong>noble<\/strong>, and he would have an <strong>apprentice<\/strong>. But that was also how young boys learned to be artists then. As an <strong>apprentice,<\/strong> they had to learn many things as well as paint. They learned to <strong>sculpt<\/strong> and to do <strong>architecture<\/strong> from their master teacher and they had to learn how to become a carpenter to be able to make <strong>altarpieces<\/strong> and make <strong>panels<\/strong>. He learned how to grind the colors for paint, because paint did not come in tubes like today. Then they learned to mix the ground paint powder with egg yolk which made <strong>tempera paint<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[one_half]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV35_Colors.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV35_Colors.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV35_Colors-300x102.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tempera Paint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_half] [one_half_last]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-178\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV37_Painting.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"210\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tempera Painting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_half_last]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The <strong>apprentice<\/strong> learned to paint <strong>portraits<\/strong> or <strong>altarpieces<\/strong> on a wooden board or <strong>panel<\/strong>. They also learned to paint on walls called <strong>frescoes<\/strong>. This was not easy because they had to put a coat of plaster on the wall and then paint on the wall while it was still wet. The paint seeps in and when the plaster dries, the picture becomes part of the wall itself!&#8221;[one_third]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV50_EyckHubertLamb.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV50_EyckHubertLamb.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV50_EyckHubertLamb-300x222.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Altarpiece Panels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_third] [one_third]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189\" style=\"width: 204px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV48_Painting.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"247\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renaissance Fresco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_third] [one_third_last]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164\" style=\"width: 317px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV22_EsterCastagno.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV22_EsterCastagno.jpeg 317w, https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV22_EsterCastagno-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renaissance Portrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_third_last]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gee, Ms. Levine,&#8221; said Sophia, &#8220;my mom gets mad at me when I draw on the walls!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And so would I, so don\u2019t get any ideas about <strong>frescoes<\/strong> here in the classroom \u2013 but that is a great idea for making the scenery for the play!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now, Giotto was so talented that very soon he became a better artist than his teacher. In fact, he became the most famous painter of his time. He totally\u00a0changed art. Giotto painted people that were more like real life than before. Before, people were painted flat. Giotto was the first artist to breathe life into his figures. And he was also one of the first artists to show <strong>perspective<\/strong>.[one_half]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-197\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV56_Painting.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV56_Painting.jpeg 223w, https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV56_Painting-60x60.jpeg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giotto&#8217;s Painting Showing Perspective<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_half] [one_half_last]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179\" style=\"width: 282px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV38_Perspective.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"179\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture Showing Perspective<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_half_last]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(Pause here.)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is what makes things in a painting look either closer to you or farther away. Giotto inspired all the painters of The <strong>Renaissance<\/strong> time to continue on with this <strong>naturalistic<\/strong> style.&#8221;[one_half]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV06_Manger.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"201\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giotto&#8217;s Painting Showing Expression<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_half] [one_half_last]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV05_AngelsShepherds.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV05_AngelsShepherds.jpeg 223w, https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV05_AngelsShepherds-60x60.jpeg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giotto&#8217;s Painting Showing Expression<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_half_last]<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that Giotto showed great <strong>emotion<\/strong> on the <strong>expression<\/strong> of the faces of the people in his paintings, which showed their involvement in the scene he was <strong>creating<\/strong>. He was very aware of the world around him and often included many <strong>species <\/strong>of tiny plants in his paintings.\u00a0 He is known as the \u2018Father of The <strong>Renaissance<\/strong>.\u2019\u00a0\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sandra, I see you have some lines for Giotto to speak in the play and a mask color? Go ahead Sandra.&#8221;[one_half]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV60_GiottodiBondoneAdorationMagiCappella.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"248\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giotto&#8217;s Painting Adoration of the Magi&#8221; Showing Haley&#8217;s Comet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_half] [one_half_last]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-199\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV58_Comet.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV58_Comet.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV58_Comet-300x197.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Haley&#8217;s Comet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_half_last]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, Giotto should be gold because there is a lot of gold in his paintings.\u00a0 Giotto says, \u201cIn my painting called \u2018The Adoration of the Magi,\u2019 notice the expression on the faces on the three Kings, called Magi and that <strong>Halley\u2019s Comet <\/strong>in the distance on top of the painting demonstrates <strong>perspective<\/strong>, showing things that are close and things that are far away. &#8216;Great job, Sandra!&#8217; &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(Pause here.)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The most important artists from the <strong>High<\/strong> <strong>Renaissance, <\/strong>a time which is a little later than Giotto&#8217;s time, are from the 1500s in Italy. This was one of the greatest times of art history because there was an explosion of <strong>creativity<\/strong>. Some very important things happened that helped to make the people so full of energy and <strong>creative<\/strong> ideas at this time. People were finding out so much about the world around them that they never knew before. Marco Polo went on his adventures and <strong>voyages\u00a0<\/strong>to the East to China.[one_half]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-204\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV63_MarcoPoloCostTartare.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV63_MarcoPoloCostTartare.jpeg 229w, https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV63_MarcoPoloCostTartare-215x300.jpeg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marco Polo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_half] [one_half_last]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-181\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV40_WalledCity.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"241\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marco Polo&#8217;s Voyage to the East<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_half_last]<\/p>\n<p>Columbus went on his adventures and <strong>voyages<\/strong> to the West to the Americas. The printing press was <strong>invented<\/strong> so people could read more books. Remember that books until then could only be copied by hand. When people read more books they began to have more ideas.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-195\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV54_MilanBTCod470BookOfHours2FoliosAnnuncShepherdsDecortatedInit.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV54_MilanBTCod470BookOfHours2FoliosAnnuncShepherdsDecortatedInit.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV54_MilanBTCod470BookOfHours2FoliosAnnuncShepherdsDecortatedInit-300x171.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also people were interested in digging up <strong>ancient<\/strong> <strong>statues <\/strong>and buildings that were buried for thousands of years from the <strong>Classical Period<\/strong> of <strong>Ancient<\/strong> Greece and Rome. They wanted to study them and learn more. People were thinking all sorts of new thoughts and ideas!&#8221;[one_half]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-183\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-183\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV42_Statue.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"191\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ancient Sculptures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_half] [one_half_last]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182\" style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV41_Statues.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"188\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ancient Sculptures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/one_half_last]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now I hear some great suggestions to add Marco Polo, Columbus, and the printing press inventor, Gutenberg,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV57_PressBettman.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV57_PressBettman.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV57_PressBettman-300x202.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gutenberg&#8217;s Printing Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>to the play, good thinking! And Luis has three suggestions for mask colors and lines. Go for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-184\" src=\"http:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV43_ChineseSilk.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV43_ChineseSilk.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/artedco.org\/lesson08\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TV43_ChineseSilk-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silk Fabric from the East (China)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Well, Marco Polo has a pink mask and he says \u2013 &#8216;You see this fine mask; it is like none of the others, because it is made of silk, a magical fabric I brought back from the East.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Columbus is green and he says I believe we will learn much from this new land and these new people who live here. The printing press inventor has a black mask like the print in books. He says, &#8216;Now, everyone can read great stories in books!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now, we are finally getting to the four famous masked ninjas Jesse named, and we will see how they become so famous. But it will have to wait until our next session.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Click here to jump to the top of the page.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art and Culture of The Renaissance: \u00a0Story Part 1 &#8211; Grades K-3 [one_half]Click here to play\u00a0or pause the audio. [\/one_half] [one_half_last] Use this scrollbar to read along, viewing the entire story and visuals. 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