The Renaissance - Day 1

We are going to study the Renaissance for the next little bit.

Day 1 reading: Story of Mankind by van Loon, section on The Renaissance, end today at the section just before the introduction of Dante.

Label a map of the Renaissance: Italian Renaissance States, Italian Renaissance Cities
Blank Map of Italy

Art Project: Limbourg Brothers Book of Days, from Discovering Great Artists book
Some samples: http://www.gardenofpraise.com/art27.htm
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/l/limbourg/index.html

Stay tuned for how this went, and also for Day 2's adventure!!