Reniassance Project reflection

Name: Wade Bruffey
Project Reflection
Project Title: Reniassance projects
Class: BD
Dates: 6/4/08

[ PURPOSE ]
In this project we were supposed to learn about the time period known as the reniassance and the ideas that shaped the way we lived today. We chose a person to study and then found out more in depth information about their life's achievements. This helped us get a better idea of how the reniassance worked and how it influenced the modern age.

[ WHAT I LEARNED ]I learned a lot about the reniassance in general, but even more about a man that was a huge influence in the reniassance. This man was Filippo Brunelleschi, an Italian architecht who built perhaps the most famous and most extravagant chapel in all of reniassance history. This chapel was the Santa Maria del Fiore, and Brunelleschi was put in charge of the most important and most difficult part of this church. This part was the dome, a gigantic dome so large it took nearly all of Brunelleschi's life to complete. Before we learned about an important reniassance figure, we had to learn about the reniassance itself. the most important thing we learned were the ideas behind the reniassance, the i deas of humanisim. studing humanisim meant a belief in human potential, and the hope that every human could achieve great things.

[ REFLECTION ]I really liked this project because we got to study an important figure in history that helped shape the way we live today. I also liked this project because it was kind of small, but it still taught us a lot and in a short, manageable time slot of around three weeks. If i could do this project again i dont think i would change anything, the person i chose was easy to find information on, and i felt like i finished the biography well before it was due so i had plenty of time to edit and fix things.

[ ARTIFACTS ]i could put a copy of my bio on the dp