Unit 2 Lesson 5 The Renaissance

Lesson 5 - Making Inferences: Michelangelo’s and
Raphael’s Artistic Achievements

Reading
Students make inferences about the artistic achievements of Michelangelo and Raphael using evidence from the text.

Writing
Students draft an informational paragraph about Raphael’s
artistic achievements by identifying a topic and using related reasons and evidence.

Key Vocabulary:

accurately, adv. correctly; doing something without mistakes or errors (30)
superior, adj. of the highest quality (30)

scholar, n. 1. a student; 2. a person who has studied a subject for a long time
and knows a lot about it (30)

reluctantly, adv. unwillingly or unenthusiastically (32)

modest, adj. shy and quiet; does not brag about oneself (35)

portray, v. to show someone or something in a painting, book, etc. (37)

scaffold, n. a temporary platform on which a person stands or sits while
working high above the ground (37)

Madonna, n. another way to identify Mary, the mother of Jesus (38)

epitaph, n. something written or said in memory of a person who has died (41)

How is the spirit of the Renaissance represented in the artistic achievements of Michelangelo and Raphael?

Lorenzo de’ Medici gave Michelangelo a
place to stay, a job, clothing, and money.
What is the term for someone who
supports an artist in this way?

Why might it be important to have such a powerful and influential patron?

Open Ended

Why might it be important to have such a powerful and influential patron?

Dropdown

Lorenzo de’ Medici gave Michelangelo a
place to stay, a job, clothing, and money.

Select answer

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In an earlier chapter, we discussed Donatello’s sculpture of St. George,
who was famous for slaying a dragon and saving the daughter of the
king. What do you think the phrase giant slayer in the heading means?
Identify the giant(s).

Open Ended

In an earlier chapter, we discussed Donatello’s sculpture of St. George,
who was famous for slaying a dragon and saving the daughter of the
king. What do you think the phrase giant slayer in the heading means?
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What does the word reluctantly mean?

What factors made painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel a difficult task?

Multiple Choice

What does the word reluctantly mean?

• unwilling or unenthusiastically

• money that is paid to free someone who was captured

• a small change that improves something

• similar to something else

Open Ended

What factors made painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel a difficult task?

Why did Raphael have many people ready to pay him to paint?

Why would many artists in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance want to paint the Madonna?

Open Ended

Why would many artists in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance want to paint the Madonna?

Open Ended

Why did Raphael have many people ready to pay him to paint?

Closely examine Michelangelo’s
famous Pietà sculpture.

How would you describe the

artistic achievements of

Michelangelo and Raphael?

Reluctantly-
Word
Work

“Reluctantly, Michelangelo left his

beloved city.”

unwillingly or unenthusiastically.

When her mother called her inside for dinner, Ella reluctantly said
goodbye to her friends and headed inside.

What is something you love doing? What is an activity that you reluctantly stop doing whenever you have to? Be sure to use the word reluctantly in your response

What part of speech is the word reluctantly?

Eagerly is an antonym, or a word that means the opposite, of reluctantly. Tell your partner about a time you did something eagerly. Why did you do one activity eagerly and the other reluctantly?

Draw

Draw what your partner said they did eagerly and reluctantly.

​After examining Raphael’s The School of Athens closely, write a paragraph in which you describe the painting and explain how it represents aspects of humanism valued during the Renaissance movement. Support your response with evidence from the text.

Informational Paragraphs

Describe the difference
between the topic and central idea.

What makes supporting details effective?

What makes a concluding sentence effective?

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​Turn and Talk

Open Ended

What is a central idea? How do you figure it out?

What is humanism?

Drag and Drop

What is humanism? Humanism is ​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

the admiration of classical values and teaching

interest in art, literature, science

realistic representation of the human form

staying in one place

trading with neighboring villages