Year 6 · Art and design · Artists through history · Lesson 1

The Renaissance and perspective

The Renaissance: its meaning, dates and key artists, realism and anatomy, linear perspective with horizon lines and vanishing points, and a timeline of art movements.

13-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

Describe the Renaissance
Name key Renaissance artists
Explain linear perspective
Draw in one-point perspective

The method

Horizon.
Vanishing point.
Ruler lines.
Shrink objects.

Key words: Renaissance, perspective, vanishing point, horizon line, realism, Leonardo da Vinci.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

What does ‘Renaissance’ mean?

Step 1: Re-birth

Answer: rebirth

Question 2

Where did the Renaissance begin?

Step 1: I...

Answer: Italy

Question 3

Roughly when was the Renaissance?

Step 1: 1400s

Answer: about 1400 to 1600