Презентация - "ВИРТУАЛЬНАЯ ЭКСКУРСИЯ ВО ФЛОРЕНЦИЮ НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ"

Виртуальная Экскурсия во Флоренцию на английском языке
Цели:   - развитие  интереса учащихся к изучению английского языка и страноведения;
- развитие аудитивных, грамматических и лексических навыков.
Задачи:
Образовательная: расширять лингвострановедческий кругозор учащихся;
Развивающая: развивать мышление, память, воображение;
Практическая: практиковать учащихся в чтении и говорении;

Florence

In 59 BC e. on the site of present-day Florence, a settlement of Roman veterans was founded, called Florence ("blooming"). Later it turned into a city, which in the IV century AD became the residence of the bishop.

Florence was Italy’s leading cultural center during the Renaissance.
Renaissance Florence was dominated by a single family, the Medicis.
The banking and wool trade created wealth that supported cultural activity in Florence.

La Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore

The cathedral was started to build in 1296 at the place of ancient church of IV-V century. It had been built till 1434 and at the end of its building was the biggest and the most beautiful cathedral in all Europe. It could contain about 30 000 people. But the dome was finished only in 40 years by a great engineer Brunelesky.

The Uffizi Gallery

Uffizi gallery was built by Cosimo I Medici for governmental issues but later it was used for art collection.
Two centuries ago, even before the official opening in 1769, the Gallery was known, and it could be visited by prior request. In 1591, in a guide to Florence compiled by Francesco Bocchi, the Gallery said that it was "one of the most superior in beauty ... in the world", "full of antique statues, noble paintings and precious objects." Here were collected “for beauty, for study, for pleasure” the masterpieces of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.

San Marco Gardens

San Marco gardens were used to be for great artists’ work provided and created by Lorenzo Medici Magnificent. Young Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, Sandro Botticelli were working there. It was a big library of ancient writers and church hand-writings there. Part of the works were burnt by Girolamo Savonarola.

Advances in painting
The Medicis spent huge sums of money on fine palaces, paintings, and statues.
They created opportunities for talented painters that made advances in style and technique.
They wanted to show real people who were in lifelike ways.
They wanted to include realistic backgrounds.

Advances in Sculptures
Renaissance sculptures were influenced by the humanist as well in realism.
For first time since days of Greece and Rome, sculptures made statues that could be viewed in the round.
They looked real and had emotions and symbolized humanist ideals of independence and individuality.
Famous sculptors were Donatello and Michelangelo.

Advances in Literature
Literature was also influenced by Humanist.
In Medieval times writers usually dealt with religious topics and used a formal impersonal style. Most was in Latin and could only be read by the highly educated.
In contrast, Renaissance writers were interested in individual experiences and the world around them.
Writing about non religious topics (secular) became more popular.
Most Renaissance writers began to write in their own dialect instead of Latin.
As a result far more people could read their work.

Humanistic Writers
Baldassare Castiglione’s Book of
the Courtier described the manners and behavior of the ideal aristocratic man and woman.
Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince was a guide for rulers to gain and maintain power.

Advances in Science and Mathematics
Scholars and others made advances in science and mathematics.
People started questioning old ideas and started to observe the world around them.
The began to perform experiments and analyzed results using mathematics and logic.
Famous thinkers were Leonardo Da Vinci who was an artist, scientist, and inventor.
Girolamo Cardano solved complex equations using Algebra.
Galileo did important experiments concerning gravity. He proved that heavier objects and a lighter object fall at the same rate.

Leonardo da Vinci was an artist and inventor. He studied botany, optics, anatomy, architecture, and engineering.

Michelangelo Buonarroti was a sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, and poet.

Sandro Botticelli is the most famous artist of Reinassanse. Lorenzo Medici’s friend and their palace’s artist.