FLIPPED CLASSROOM VIDEO: RENAISSANCE IN FLORENCE BEFORE WATCHING 9. Answer the following questions. What does the word Renaissance mean? Who were the Medici? WHILE WATCHING 10. Watch the video, pause it when necessary and look up for any new words in your dictionary, then answer the following questions. What cultures became popular again during the Renaissance? What revived in painting? How was the human body seen by Renaissance artists? Was there progress in science too? Why was Florence the centre of it all? What was the attitude of the wealthy families in Florence towards their hometown? What does the sentence mean to you? “…man, now alert, begins to stand on his own, moving out of the shadow of the church” Why is David considered a revolutionary subject, even though it is biblical? AFTER WATCHING 11. What other Renaissance works of art can you see in Florence? ► Florence, Italy: Renaissance Art and Architecture Rick Steves’ Europe posted by