Exploring Leonardo A WebQuest by Michael Doerwang

    This WebQuest uses the web resource Exploring Leonardo which is located at http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/

    This WebQuest page may be copied to a text file or printed with the browser to provide students with hardcopy documents that they may use to complete the quest.

Part 1: "What, Where, When?"

CLICK on "What, Where, When?"  CLICK on each of the following places.  Read what Leonardo did at those places and write down 3 facts about what he did there.
 

Vinci
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Florence
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Milan
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Rome
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France
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Part 2: "Leonardo’s Perspective"

CLICK on "Leonardo’s Perspective".  Read Da Vinci’s quote at the top of the page.  What does Da Vinci’s quote mean? (what is he trying to say?).
 
 
 
 

Read the rest of the page.  Define the following terms (CLICK on each word for their definition).

Realism:
 

Linear Perspective:
 

Read the bottom paragraph, then CLICK Painting in the Middle Ages.  Read the paragraph and define: symbolism.

Symbolism:
 
 

GO BACK to the previous page and answer the 4 Questions about the medieval paintings.

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Answer the following question: "In what ways do the medieval paintings differ from the paintings from the Renaissance?"
 
 

Part 3: "Inventor’s Workshop"

CLICK on "Inventor’s Workshop".  Read the page, then CLICK on "Leonardo’s Mysterious Machinery" and guess what each drawing is supposed to be.
 
 
 
 

After doing so (by the way, how did you do?), CLICK on "Visions of the Future".  Read the page.  CLICK on each picture and see how Leonardo envisioned these things during his lifetime.
 
 
 

Leonardo Da Vinci died in 1519, hundreds of years before these "visions" were invented.  Wouldn’t you agree that he was "a man before his time?"  In the space below, write a paragraph about Da Vinci, the inventor…the visionary.  Would you consider him a genius?  A "man before his time"?  Explain.
 
 

Part 4: "Leonardo: Right to Left."

CLICK on "Leonardo: Right to Left".   Read the page.  Answer: "Why do you think Leonardo wrote in reverse?"
 
 

Go Back to up to "Try it Yourself!"  CLICK it and follow the directions to see how your name might have looked if Leonardo had written it (type in your first and  last name).

Copy your name (as it appears on the screen) in the space below.
 
 
 
 

Now type in a secret message of your own.  Show it to someone and see if they can tell you what it says!
 
 
 
 

Without looking back at any of the preceding pages, write down 3 facts about Leonardo Da Vinci that you learned during this "Web Quest".

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End of the "Web Quest".  I hope you enjoyed it!
 

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