Ducksters
Ducksters: History for Kids: How Did the Renaissance Start?
Kids learn about the beginning of the European Renaissance in history. Learn how the European Renaissance got started?
National Library of France
National Library of France: Renaissance Drawings
This exhibition of drawings from the Renaissance contains numerous examples of figurative, architectural, and decorative subjects. Short explanatory notes provide the historical and artistic context of similarly themed works. A useful...
Quia
Quia: Art History Lesson 80
Use any of the three activities--matching, flash cards, or concentration--to learn about select artists and terms associated with Renaissance art or to check your understanding of them. (Most terms are associated with the Renaissance; a...
University of Hamburg
University of Hamburg: Renaissance
A look at the Renaissance from the aspect of advances in the biological sciences, and in particular botany. Information is provided about famous botanists from that era and their accomplishments.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Povazsky Hrad and the Renaissance Mansion
An image of "Povazsky Hrad and the Renaissance Mansion", created by Thomas Ender during the 1860's (Watercolour and pencil on paper, 270 x 371 mm)
Curated OER
The Renaissance Cornetto
Detailing the history of the renaissance instrument the cornetto, this site provides some interesting information about how it was made and how it was played.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Essays and Research on the Renaissance
Use this comprehensive site to learn more about English Renaissance Literature. This site is a gold mine of information. It has several essays that illuminate this genre. Find out more about this period in literature through this...
University of California
Renaissance Art and Architecture
A detailed overview of art and architecture during the Renaissance. Covers all the major figures and countries.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Renaissance Portraits
A look at four representative figures of the Renaissance period. Includes biographies about Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, Sir Thomas More, and Desiderius Erasmus. Their biographies discuss their contributions to the Renaissance...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300 1600 [Pdf]
Chapter 17 of a textbook on world history (36 pages). Includes a Renaissance timeline and map. Looks at the conditions that led to the Italian Renaissance, major artists, writers, the Northern Renaissance, the Elizabethan Age, the...
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: The Northern Renaissance
Centered in Germany and the Netherlands during 1400 and 1500s, the northern European tradition of Gothic Art was greatly affected by the technical and philosophical advancements of the Renaissance in Italy. While less concerned with...
Other
An Introduction to Early Modern European History
An excellent introduction to and overview of the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe. This article touches on all aspects of the period.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Renaissance: Exploration and Trade
Detailed introduction on exploration and trade during the Renaissance. Provides an overview of the tools created during the Middle Ages that made such travels by sea possible as well as insight into the types of goods traders sought in...
Other
University of Massachusetts Lowell: Italian Renaissance: Neoplatonism
This site explains how the Platonic tradition was revived in Italian Renaissance humanism. It presents an analysis of Ancient Greece and Plato's thought, and then describes how his ideas were adapted to fit humanistic teaching. It also...
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The New Intellectual Order: Man, Nature and Society
A survey of the different philosophers of the Renaissance period. Includes a general look at Bruno, Montaigne, Descartes, Hobbes, and Locke with links to their biographies. The lecture tries to give the readers an insight into the...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Rights "Then and Now"
Sixth graders will compare and contrast the rights of individuals and groups based on social class today and during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Samuel Johnson and the Revival of Learning
A critical analysis of Johnson's commentary on the period later called the Renaissance by Jack Lynch. In-depth article with extensive notes and bibliography.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Mona Mesa: What Is Your Opinion? [Pdf]
In this lesson, 1st graders look at a print of "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo DaVinci and talk about what they see, searching for visual clues to help them form an opinion. They discuss the importance of portrait paintings during the...
BBC
Bbc: History: In Search of Scotland
Enjoy the historic progression from Skara Brae, the best preserved Neolithic village in northern Europe, through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to modern Scotland. Find games and historical oddities as well.
Other
Arkansas Arts Center Museum of Art, Children Theater
The Arkansas Arts Center Museum of Art collection is noted for drawings from the Renaissance to the present and craft objects including teapots, baskets, and toys designed by artists. Thumbnails that include detailed information on the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Scientific Method
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describe how the Renaissance period in history changed the approach to science. Identify the steps of the scientific method. Differentiate between the independent...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: A Brief History of English
This tutorial focuses on the historical development of the English Language; it provides an historical account of the effects of conquerors and immigrants on the English language beginning with the Celts in 500 BCE and continuing until...
Other
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Hermitage is home to vast collections of art and artifacts dating from paleolithic times and continuing forward into the present day. With a variety of search capabilities, zoom and panoramic features, analytical discussions, and...
University of Victoria (Canada)
Internet Shakespeare Editions: Art in Renaissance England
Topics available from this page include Medieval art, Renaissance art, Raphael: Italy comes to England, Later Renaissance art, Art in northern Europe, and Art in England. All of these topics are discussed in light of Shakespeare's life...
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