ISABELLA D'ESTE - RENAISSANCE WOMAN

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  WHY WAS ISABELLA D’ESTE A NOTABLE RENAISSANCE WOMAN?

Objective:  To have students analyze, evaluate, source and annotate primary source excerpts toward skill building for the AP Euro Exam

Citations:

Video:  Isabella d’Este – Art Collection by Dr. Raichel Le Goff (4:30)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W216-GcHcJl

Primary Source Letters –

Letters to Leonardo da Vinci:

http://italianrenaissanceresources.com/units/unit-8/essays/isabella-deste-collects/

Letter to Holy Roman Emperor, to Husband (Duke Francesco Gonzaga)/with Response (1509):

http://www.ww2.d155.org/clc/tdirectory/

Practice of Magnificence -- Women’s Work:  Making Dance In Europe Before 1800 (Pgs. 1-49)

http://www.shadowsgovernment.com