Week of March 6-10

Monday- workday on Chapter 17 Project

Tuesday- Chapter 17 Project Presentation: my group (The Renaissance Man and Woman)

Wednesday-

Chapter 17 Project Presentation:

William Shakespeare

Early Life
- Born on or around April 23, 1564
- Oldest surviving child out of 8 children
- Father- John Shakespeare, Leather worker, Town Bailiff, Alderman
- Mother- Mary Arden
- Married Anne Hathaway in 1582
Family Life
- Had 3 children- Susanna and twins Judith and Hamnet
- Anne and the children lived in Stratford, while he worked in London
- Hamnet died at the age of 11 in 1596
- Oldest daughter Susana married a well-to-do Stratford Doctor John Hall
- Had only one grandchild, Elizabeth
- Judith married a Stratford Vinter, Thomas Quincy
- Anne died in 1623, 7 years after Shakespeare died
- The family soon died out leaving no direct descendants of Shakespeare
Professional Life
- Actor
- Playwright
- Business partner
- Wrote 37 plays and 6 poems
- Globe Theater
Late Life
- On March 25th, 1616, he called his lawyer to revise his will
- Died on April 23rd, 1616
- Was buried on April 25th, 1616 in the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford
Performances
- Plays were performed very soon after they were written
- Spring: Theaters
  - Globe Theater
- Winter: Playhouses
  - Blackfriars
- No females
- He performed in his own plays on occasions
- It cost one penny to see a play, allowing them to view the play by standing on the ground in front of the stage (these people were called the Groundlings)
Examples of Performances
- Two Gentlemen of of Verona
- Love's Labour's Lost
- Romeo and Juliet
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- The Merchant of Venice
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Julius Caesar
- Hamlet
- Macbeth
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Othello
Poems
- The Sonnets- 154 different poems- 1609
- A Lover's Complaint- 1609
- The Rape of Lucrece- 1594
- Venus and Adonis- 1593
- Funeral Elegy- 1612
- Phoenix and the Turtle
Style
- Shakespeare used a metrical pattern consisting of lines of un-rhymed iambic pentameter, called blank verse
- His plays were composed using blank verse, although there are passages in all the plays that deviate from the norm and are composed of other forms of poetry or simple prose
Influence
- New words
  - Formed from Shakespeare
- A lot of baby names came from his plays
  - Jessica (Shylock's daughter)- The Merchant of Venice
- Regarded as the greatest writer in the history of the English language
- Influenced writers like Charles Dickens and Maya Angelou
- Most quoted writer in the history of the English language

Thursday- Chapter 17 Project Presentation:

Great Art of the Renaissance

Origins
- Proto-Renaissance: 1280-1400
- Italian scholars and artists saw themselves as re-awakening to the ideals and achievements of classical Roman culture
What Was It?
- The Renaissance was a period in history where thinking was revived
- Pros:
  - Art
  - Literature
  - Architecture
  - Mathematics
  - Sciences
  - Cultures
- Cons:
  - Currency changed
  - No time for poor kids to be kids
  - Schooling was only for wealthy boys
  - Economic stance based on appearances
Leonardo da Vinci
- Born: April 15, 1452 in Anchiano, Italy
- Died: May 2, 1519 in Clos Luce, Amboise, France
- Full name: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
- Known for: Inventions, mathematics, writings, paintings, architecture, and sculptures
- "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication"
- Paintings
  - Mona Lisa
    - A gift for Francesco del Giocondo, a Florentine Cloth Merchant
    - The person in the painting is Lisa Gherardini, Francesco's wife
  - The Last Supper
  - Vitruvian Man
    - da Vinci believed the workings of the human body to be an analogy for the workings of the universe
- Inventions
  - Aerial screw
  - Flying machine
  - Parachute
  - Robotic knight
  - Giant crossbow
  - 33 Barreled Organ
  - Armored car
  - Self driven cart
  - Scuba gear
  - Catapult
  - Alarm clock
- Sculptures
  - Colossus
    - 24 feet tall
    - 80 tons of bronze
    - Took 17 years to make
    - Was a gift to the people of Milan
  - iL Calvo
    - Milan
- Books
  - Codex Leicester
    - Full of sketches, diagrams, and early iterations of ideas
- Architecture
  - Milan Cathedral
    - Leading architect
Raphael
- Born: 1453
- Died: April 6, 1520 in Rome, Italy
- Full Name: Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino
- Known for: Painting and architecture
- "When one is painting, one does not think"
- Paintings
  - Sistine Madonna
    - Painting of Madonna (the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus in her hands)
    - Also included Pope Julius II and Pope Sixtus IV
    - Is now located in the Benedictine Monastery of San Sisto
  - The School of Athens
    - Is now located in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican
  - Cherubini
  - The Entombment
  - Galatea
    - Is now located in Villa Farnesina
- Architecture
  - St. Peter's Basilica
    - Was responsible for some of the architecture and painting
    - Is located in Vatican City
  - Palazzo Vidoni
Michelangelo
- Born: March 6, 1475 is Caprese Michelangelo, Italy
- Died: February 18, 1564 in Rome, Italy
- Full name: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonaroti Simoni
- Known for: painting, sculpting, and architecture
- Paintings:
  - Sistine Chapel
    - Painted on the ceiling
    - Located in the Vatican City
    - The Last Judgement
  - The Conversion of Saul
    - Location: Cappella Paolina
- Sculptures
  - Statue of David
    - Location: Galleria dell' Academia
    - Made of marble

Friday- no school

Blogs

Week of March 6-10

Comments