Analyze the ITALIAN RENAISSANCE c. 1300-1550 — humanism, city-states (Florence, Venice, Milan, Rome), and the Medici family's patronage system
Exercise
Difficulty 3
~8 min
hist.g7.s.ex_08
Short Answer
Prompt
Name 3 Renaissance women with one work or contribution each. Then answer: did women have a Renaissance? Give Kelly-Gadol's 1977 answer + your own qualified-yes-or-no.
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
rubric essay
rubric
- points
- 3
- criterion
- 3 women named with specific works
- points
- 2
- criterion
- Kelly-Gadol 1977 question + answer named
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Student's qualified answer with reasoning
Hints
- Anguissola (Self-Portrait 1556), Fontana (Visit of the Queen of Sheba 1599), Christine de Pizan (City of Ladies 1405).
- Kelly-Gadol answered qualified NO.
Misconceptions to watch
- Claiming women had Renaissance equal to men
- Claiming women had NO Renaissance at all
Used in lessons