FLIPPED CLASSROOM VIDEO renaissance in florence BEFORE WATCHING 9 Answer the following questions. 1. What does the word Renaissance mean? 2. Who were the Medici? Florence, Italy: Renaissance Art and Architecture posted by Rick Steves Europe Brunelleschi's dome Donatello's David WHILE WATCHING AFTER WATCHING 10 Watch the video, pause it when necessary and 11 What other Renaissance works of art look up for any new words in your dictionary, then answer the following questions. can you see in Florence? 1. What cultures became popular again during the Renaissance? 2. What revived in painting? 3. How was the human body seen by Renaissance artists? 4. Was there progress in science too? 5. Why was Florence the centre of it all? 6. What was the attitude of the wealthy families in Florence towards their hometown? 7. What does the sentence man, now alert, begins to stand on his own, moving out of the shadow of the church. mean to you? 8. Why is David considered a revolutionary subject, even though it is biblical? 334 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE The Spring by Botticelli