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Metamorphoses 1400 – 16001.8.2016 – 27.11.2016

FOR

CHILDREN

AND

FAMILIES

EUROPE RENAISSANCE

IN THE

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JOURNEY THROUGH EUROPE

EXPLORING THE INVENTIONS, DISCOVERIES AND INNOVATIONS OF THE RENAISSANCE – IN THE PERIOD FROM 1400 TO 1600.

THIS BOOKLET BELONGS TO … FOLLOW THE TELESCOPE ICON AND EXPLORE THE WORLD OF THE RENAISSANCE …

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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ROMANS AND GREEKS

Doric columns are very simple and without decoration.

Ionic columns have scroll-shaped volutes at the top.

Corinthian columns are elaborately decorated.

The word Renaissance means ‘rebirth’ – the rebirth of Antiquity. For more than 500 years people have been creating buildings

based on Greek and Roman models. Some of these buildings can be recognized by their columns.

Draw the capitals at

the top of the columns.

The world-changing discoveries and pioneering inventions of yesterday are taken for granted today. On your journey through the exhibition you will encoun-ter some of the brilliant innova-tions of the Renaissance.

The answers to all these questions can be found in the booklet.

What does ‘Renaissance’ mean?

Where did the potato

come from?

What did explorers take with them on their travels?

What tricks did Renaissance

painters use?

Why was the invention of

letterpress printing so

important?

What made it easier for

scientists to make

accurate observations?

How did doctors acquire insights into the human body?

What regulated people’s daily lives during the Renaissance?

What groundbreaking discoveries were made about the universe?

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The artists of the Renaissance discovered how to paint in a more realistic manner. The new technique was perspective, which involved the use of vanish-ing lines to help the painter make properly proportioned drawings.

This visual trick is based on mathematical principles.Nowadays, drawings of figures and spaces are created with the help of computer programs.

Continue drawing the arches and windows. The original painting can be seen in the exhibition. Make use of the vanishing lines as the Renaissance painters would have done.

THE TRICK OF PERSPECTIVE

!

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THE INVENTION OF LETTERPRESS PRINTING

The printing press was one of the most important inventions of all time. It enabled books to be produced faster and cheaper, and it accelerated the dissem-

ination of knowledge. The discovery had an impact that is comparable to that of the Inter-net and digital media today.

Five hundred years ago a book was made as follows: Put the sentences in the correct order in order to find the missing words.

The type was cast from metal.

The pages were bound into a book at the bookbinder’s.

Paper was produced in paper mills.

The pages were printed using a printing press.

The typesetter set the text.

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10GET POSING!

This portrait by the Renaissance painter Tobias Stimmer is con-sidered to be the oldest surviving self-portrait of an artist at work. The realism of Renaissance portraits can be attributed to the

use of oil paint, which empha-sises light and shadow, and the precise attention to detail.People still enjoy striking poses today – and taking selfies.

Follow Tobias Stimmer’s example and draw a portrait of yourself. Look at yourself closely in the mirror.

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The first circumnavigation of the Earth nearly 500 years ago proved once and for all that the Earth was round. The journey

took several years back then, but can now be completed in two days or less by aeroplane.

What would one have needed on a journey around the world at that time? All these objects (or pictures of them) can be found in the exhibition.

AROUND THE WORLD

His crew was the first to circumnavigate the Earth:

L

L

I can indicate the date, the time and the position of the stars.

I am needed to draw maps precisely.

I map both the Earth and the heavens.

I am a flat representation of the Earth’s surface.

I always point to the north.

I am an instrument used to make distant objects appear larger.

My shadow indicates what time it is.

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Match the beginnings and the ends of the sentences.

the leaves of the potato plant.

around 45 kg per year.

3,000 varieties of potato.

Gummelstunggis.

Today there are

Potatoes are sometimes called Erdäpfel (‘earth apples’) in German because

the tubers grow in the earth.

The word for Kartoffel-stock (‘mashed potatoes’) in Einsiedeln is

People used to eat only

The amount of potatoes a

Swiss person eats is

NEW WORLDS

The (re-)discovery of the Ameri-cas 500 years ago resulted in previously unknown plants – including the potato – being introduced into Europe.

Today, we consume this wonder-ful root vegetable on an almost daily basis.

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LOOK CAREFULLY!

WHAT IS AT THE CENTRE?

Careful observation was very important for scientists of the Renaissance. The first telescope was developed by spectacle makers. The invention enabled Galileo Galilei to discover the moons of Jupiter and observe craters on the Earth’s moon.

Sun, 8 planets, 100 moons, thousands of comets, millions of asteroids

Planets, stars, galaxies, space, time

Billions of stars, gas, dust, empty space

Match the words on the left with the lists on the right.

Solar system

Milky Way

Universe

Up until the Renaissance people believed that the Earth was the centre of the universe. Since then it has been understood that the Earth and the planets revolve around the sun.Nowadays, new celestial bodies and solar systems are being discovered all the time thanks to the development of new tele-scopes and supercomputers.

Be like a Renaissance scien-tist: look carefully at the origin-al painting on the wall and find 10 differences between it and the picture in the booklet.

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INSIGHTS INTO THE BODY

Doctors began dissecting the human body during the Renais-sance in order to get a better understanding of its inner work-

ings. The knowledge they gained still forms the basis for oper-ations that are performed today.

Name these organs.

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G R

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DON’T PANIC ABOUT MECHANICS!

Renaissance rulers wanted to extend their power and win wars. They employed mathemat-icians, engineers and inventors at their courts. New develop-ments in the field of mechanics resulted in cannons that were

more accurate. Innovations also affected people’s everyday lives. For example, people’s daily routines began to be regulated by church clocks. Today, machines and robots make our everyday lives easier.

What sort of machine would you invent? Do a drawing of it and give it a name.

!

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CREDITS

CONTENT

EDUCATION & MEDIATION Stefanie Bittmann, Magdalena Rühl, Prisca SennENGLISH TRANSLATIONBill GilonisPROOFREADING Rebecca SandersGESTALTUNG UND ILLUSTRATION Mirabella-Morganti: Rebecca Morganti- Pfaffhauser, Daniela Mirabella ILLUSTRATION FOR TASK 8Pasquale Pollastro

EXHIBITION

OVERALL MANAGEMENTAndreas SpillmannPROJECT MANAGEMENTDenise TonellaCURATORSBernd Roeck, Denise TonellaSCENOGRAPHYAlex HarbRESEARCH ASSISTANCEJose Cácheres Mardones, Elisa MonacoTRAINEECarole Ackermann

All rights reserved. © Swiss National Museum

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

0 Andrea Benincasa, Portolankarte. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Sign. Borg.Carte.naut.VIII.

1 Herman Posthumus (um 1512/14–vor 1588), Landschaft mit römischen Ruinen, Rom, 1536. Öl auf Leinwand. LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collec-tions, Vaduz-Vienna.

2 Visualisierung der Ausstellungsszenografie «Europa in der Renaissance». Sektion III, Bühne der Renaissance. ©Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum.Francesco d’Antonio (geb. um 1393/94), Christus heilt ein epileptisches Kind und Der Verrat von Judas, Florenz, um 1425/26, Tempera und Gold auf Leinwand. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, John G. Johnson Collection, 1917.

3 J. W. Alker / imageBROKER / OKAPIABuch Josua, aus: Biblia Latina, Fragment aus der Gutenberg-Bibel, Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg und Johannes Fust, um 1454/55. Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat, Basel / Stalden.

4 Siegfried KuttigTobias Stimmer (1539–1584), Selbstbildnis, Schaffhausen (?), um 1563. Kreide, Tusche und Aquarell. Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen. Pey-ersche Tobias Stimmer-Stiftung. Beschriftet links: «Tobias Stimer / von Schaff- / haußen».

5 www.bridgemanart.comUnbekannter Künstler, Erd- und Himmelsglobus, sogenannter St. Galler Globus, Augsburg (?), zwischen 1571 und 1584. Kugel: Ölmalerei auf Gipsgr-und über Papiermachee auf Schindelholz, Gestell: Holz, teilweise bemalt. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Zürich, Depositum der Zentralbiblio-thek Zürich.

6 © Klaphake / teamworkLopo Homem (vor 1497–nach 1572), Weltkarte, Lissabon, 1554. Pergament-blätter. Museo Galileo – Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florenz.

7 Astrofoto / NumazawaNikolaus Kopernikus (1473–1543), De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri VI, Nürnberg: Johannes Petreius, 1543. ETH-Bibliothek, Zürich.

8 Ludger tom Ring d. Ä. (1496–1547), Der Dichter Vergil, Münster, um 1538. Öl auf Eichenholz. LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster. Dauerleih-gabe der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der westfälischen Kulturarbeit e. V.

9 Reinhard Eisele / project photosZahnzange, Süddeutschland (?), 16./17. Jh. Stahl, geschmiedet. Germanis-ches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg.

10 StockTrek Images / fotofinder.comNiccolò Tartaglia (1499/1500–1557), Quesiti et inventioni diverse de Nicolo Tartaglia, Venedig: Bescarini, 1554. ETH-Bibliothek, Zürich.

SOLUTIONS

Doric columns are very simple and without decoration.Ionic columns have scroll-shaped volutes at the top. Corinthian columns are elaborately decorated.

PRINTERS’ INK

CompassMapGlobeRulerTelescopeAstrolabeSundial

MAGELLAN

People used to eat only " the leaves of the plant.

The amount of potatoes a Swiss person eats is" around 45 kg per year.

Today there are" 3,000 varieties of potato.

The word for Kartoffelstock (‘mashed potatoes’) in Einsiedeln is" Gummelstunggis.

Potatoes are sometimes called Erdäpfel (‘earth apples’) in German because" the tubers grow in the

earth.

SOLAR SYSTEM: The force of gravity holds together eight planets, over 100 moons and even more lumps of rock (as-teroids) and ice (comets).

MILKY WAY: The Milky Way is made up of billions of stars, gas, dust and empty space.

UNIVERSE: The universe is made of almost everything that exists: planets, stars, galaxies, space and time.

BRAIN HEARTLUNGLIVERSTOMACHINTESTINES

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