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Courtauld Institute of Art: Courtauld Gallery: Michelangelo's Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
Three videos about the past exhibition Michelangelo's Dream at the Courtauld Gallery in London, England. Topics include: an introduction to the exhibition, a closer look at the painting The Dream by Michelangelo, and the relationship...
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Smart History

Smarthistory: Michelangelo: Last Judgment: Sistine Chapel

For Students 9th - 10th
Art history and culture website teaches us with great detail and depth of analysis about Michelangelo's High Renaissance work, Last Judgment fresco that appears in the Sistine Chapel. With video [7:29], informational text and images of...
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Lengthy biography detailing Michelangelo's life, his works, his achievements, and his influence on other artists. Links to his works including the Sistine Chapel.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
The Web Gallery of Art provides an amazing online collection of Michelangelo's (1475-1564) art. Not only can you view high-quality reproductions of his drawings, paintings, sculptures, and architectural commissions, you can also click...
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Olga's Gallery: Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
Olga's Gallery on Michelangelo. There are 71 images with a biography of the artists. This is a great site on Michelangelo!
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Michelangelo.com: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore and discover the life and work of Michelangelo.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Michelangelo and His Early Drawings

For Students 9th - 10th
Michelangelo's drawings offer a unique insight into how the artist worked and thought. They are beautiful artworks in their own right but also provide a crucial link between his work as a sculptor, painter and architect. Michelangelo was...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
Ibiblio WebMuseum offers a detailed biography of Michelangelo and links to some of his famous paintings including The Sistine Chapel.
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Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive and thorough biography of Renaissance artist, Michelangelo. Great information but a heavy read.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to Michelangelo's sculptures, paintings, drawings, and architectural works including the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.
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Michelangelo/painter, Sculptor, Architect, Poet

For Students 9th - 10th
An Italian site containing a comprehensive biography of artist Michelangelo. Also includes images of some of his paintings.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia provides a biography of Michelangelo, celebrated artist of the Renaissance. The resource features links to famous works at museums around the world, articles, and other resources.
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Robert H. Sarkissian

Island of Freedom: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete discussion of Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance artist. Discusses his life, his impact on the art world, his political views of the times, and his influence on society. Explanation of works, additional links to other great artists.
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Many Meanings of Michelangelo's Statue of David

For Students 9th - 10th
We typically experience classic works of art in a museum, stripped of their original contexts, but that serene setting can belie a tumultuous history. Take Michelangelo's statue of David: devised as a religious symbol, adopted as a...
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Robin Chew

Lucid Cafe: Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a brief composite of Italian artist Michelangelo 1475-1564. The site mentions various work of art; Pieta, David, and the Sistine Chapel. Site also offers links to other painters.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography: Michelangelo Art for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the biography of Michelangelo, Italian artist, sculptor, and painter of the High Renaissance art movement on this site.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo Buonarroti: Pieta

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from the Web Gallery of Art discusses Michelangelo's Pieta. The site provides information about "the seated Madonna holding Christ's body in her arms." Discusses Divine Beauty and the artistic changes made by Michelangelo.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Tomb of Pope Julius Ii by Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
The Web Gallery of Art contains high-quality images of sculptures from Pope Julius II's tomb by Michelangelo. Each thumbnail image can be enlarged by clicking on it. Includes a link to a biography of Michelangelo.
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Robert H. Sarkissian

Island of Freedom: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a short biography on artist Michelangelo. Also includes links to view other sites on this artist.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo's "The Holy Family"

For Students 9th - 10th
The Web Gallery of Art offers this digitized image of this famous painting by Michelangelo. Includes some notes on the background of the painting and the artist's style.
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a detailed biography of artist Michelangelo. Written from a Catholic perspective. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around...
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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Artopia: Sculpture Critic: Slave Called Atlas by Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource about the sculpture Slave Called Atlas by Michelangelo. Includes questions for reflection and a suggested art activity, an image of the sculpture and an audio version of the questions. Includes links for more information about...
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Vatican: Virtual Tour of the Sistine Chapel

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an amazing panoramic virtual tour of Sistine Chapel set to music. Every inch of the Vatican can be viewed in its place by using the mouse on the video. Michelangelo's paintings are on the ceiling and above the altar and other...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Studies for the Battle of Cascina and the Creation of Adam

For Students 9th - 10th
The Battle of Cascina was a famous fourteenth-century victory over Pisa. Michelangelo's Bathers depicted the Florentine army hurriedly preparing for battle after a dip in the river. Michelangelo's drawing caused a sensation because of...

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