1. Renaissance Artists, Inventors, Writers: Gallery Walk Activity
Read the information about each piece. On the back of you pictures/graphics, write the title of the piece and one fact about it.

2. William Shakespeare
William began his career as a playwright in London in Soon he himself started acting and also became part-owner of a playwright company known as the ‘Lord Chamberlain’s Men.’ King James I renamed it as ‘The King’s Men.’ Many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed at the Globe Theatre.
Many of his plays were written in the latter half of his career. Shakespeare then underwent a series of ups and downs owing to the outbreak of the bubonic plague due to which the theatres had to be shut down. The Globe Theatre caught fire too. However, it was rebuilt again.
Shakespeare also became famous for his poetry. His most famous poem of the time was Venus and Adonis. He also wrote poems called sonnets. A book of 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets was published in 1609.

4. The David
Michelangelo's fame as a great artist began to grow. He returned to Florence and received another commission to create a large statue of David. It took him a couple of years to finish the giant statue. The piece of marble he began with was very tall and thin. Many people didn't think he could do much with it. He worked in secrecy, not letting anyone see it until it was finished.

5. Sistine Chapel
In 1505 Michelangelo returned to Rome. He was commissioned by the Pope in 1508 to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo considered himself to be a sculptor, but agreed to paint the Sistine Chapel for the Pope. He worked for four years, painting upside down on a scaffold in order to finish the painting. The painting was huge (141 feet long by 43 feet wide). It contained nine scenes from the Bible down its center and over 300 people. The most famous of all the scenes is The Creation of Adam. At the center of the scene, God's hand and Adam's hand nearly touch. This is one of the most recreated scenes in all of art and, along with the Mona Lisa, is one of the most famous paintings in history.

6. Printing Press
Gutenberg took some existing technologies and some of his own inventions to come up with the printing press in the year One key idea he came up with was moveable type. Rather than use wooden blocks to press ink onto paper, Gutenberg used moveable metal pieces to quickly create pages. Gutenberg introduced innovations all the way through the printing process enabling pages to be printed much more rapidly. His presses could print 1000's of pages per day versus only pages with the old method. This was a dramatic improvement and allowed books to be acquired by the middle class for the first time in the history of Europe. Knowledge and education spread throughout the continent like never before. The invention of the printing press spread rapidly throughout Europe and soon thousands of books were being printed on printing presses.

7. Gutenberg Bible
In 1455, Gutenberg produced what is considered to be the first book ever printed: a Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany. This Bible, with its noble Gothic type richly impressed on the page, is recognized as a masterpiece of fine printing and craftsmanship. The text is the Latin translation known as the Vulgate, made by Saint Jerome in the fourth century. The Bible is printed throughout in double columns, with 42 lines to a page for the most part. The capital letters and headings are ornamented by hand in color. Out of some 180 original printed copies of the Gutenberg Bible, 49 still exist today in library, university and museum collections.

8. Mona Lisa
The most famous painting in the world is “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci. Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci in Florence. The painting is called “Gioconda” as well because Mona Lisa was married for Francesco Bartolomeo del Giocondo. The artwork was created between 1503 and 1506 and was painted on wood. The size (L x W) of the painting is: 53 x 77cm (20.87″ x 30.31″) and is exposed in the Louvre in Paris. The most enigmatic of the portrait is that when you look at her face it seems Mona Lisa smiles, but when you look into her mouth, she does not smile.

9. The Last Supper
Created during the period , Leonardo da Vinci's mural painting known as The Last Supper illustrates the scene from the last days of Jesus Christ, as described in the Gospel of John 13:21. Flanked by his twelve apostles, Jesus has just declared that one of them will betray him. The picture depicts the reaction of each disciple to the news. The picture measures 15 feet × 29 ft, and occupies an end wall in the dining hall at the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.

10. Learning Target 7.48--Back
Mona Lisa
(painting on canvas)
The David
(statue made of marble; from the Biblical story of David and Goliath)
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
The Last Supper
(wall painting)
Sistine Chapel
(ceiling and wall paintings)

11. Learning Target 7.48--Back
Gutenberg Bible
(made on the printing press; translated in a vernacular
Language—German—so more people could read it)
Johann Gutenberg
Printing Press
(used movable metal type; printed books more quickly than
being copied by hand so more people had access to books)
William Shakespeare
Types of plays written;
he also wrote poetry