PBS
Pbs: Sandro Botticelli
An essay on the life and work of Sandro Botticelli, famed artist of the Italian Renaissance, with wonderful reproductions of two of his acclaimed works, "La Primavera" and "Birth of Venus." Part of a larger site on the Renaissance...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline Art History; Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the Renaissance book with illustrated engravings "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Poliphilo's Dream about the Strife of Love)" by Francesco Colonna, with a description and images from the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Correggio, Assumption of the Virgin
In the sacred architecture of the Roman and Byzantine empires, domes were viewed as symbols of heaven. Correggio merged this symbolism with the Renaissance's fascination for three-dimensional illusion. He transformed the dome of the...
South Carolina Educational Television
Kids Work! History of Theater
A brief history of theater practice told in five snapshots and commentary: theater in ancient times, the medieval theater, the Renaissance theater, Kabuki, and modern-day community theater.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Eyck, Jan Van
This website from the Web Gallery of Art provides a biography of Jan van Eyck (1390-1441), the recognized master of Flemish art during the Renaissance. Site provides links to his work.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Baroque Music
A Wikipedia article on Baroque music distinguishes it from the Renaissance and Classical styles, discusses the different musical genres the Baroque composers wrote in, lists the important features of Baroque music, and provides a list of...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the Renaissance engraving "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Composite of Corinthian and Ionic" from the mid 1500s, with a description and images from the book.
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Kids Work! History of Medicine
A brief history of medicine told in five snapshots of time: ancient times, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the early modern period (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries), and modern times.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 38: Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
Many adolescent boys are consumed by theLed Zeppelinsong 'Stairway to Heaven.' The analysis of this song can be used to interest students in the music of the Renaissance minstrels. It will also serve as a means of making students aware...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man of Math
What's so special about Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man? With arms outstretched, the man fills the irreconcilable spaces of a circle and a square- symbolizing the Renaissance-era belief in the mutable nature of humankind. James Earle...
University of Pennsylvania
Project Guttenberg: History of Catholic Church 1450 to 1787
The complete text (Vol. 1) of a 1914 history of the Catholic Church and its role in European history from the Renaissance to the French Revolution. Click the Author's link to access Vol. 2.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: The Mediterranean World
This website contains information about the people using the Mediterranean during the Renaissance. Mentions cultural diversity, humanism, economics and port cities. Includes the setting, cultural diversity, and changing order of the...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History; Farnese Hercules
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the Renaissance engraving of the "Farnese Hercules" by Hendrick Goltzius of the 16th century; with a description and images of the engraving.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Temple of Minerva and the Sculpture of Apollo (Veii)
Etruscan temple design had a huge impact on Renaissance architecture and one can see echoes of Etruscan columns in many buildings of the Renaissance and later in Italy. View pictures and read the history behind these temples in this...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Stained Glass: History and Technique
During the Gothic period and the Renaissance (1100s-1500s) stained glass was one of the foremost techniques of painting practiced in Europe. It may seem surprising to call stained glass a form of painting, but in fact it is. Look closely...
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Notes on Imitation and Forgery
A site from the University of Michigan on various types of forgery in art from the Renaissance period to today. This site also covers website forgery and the internet.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Dissecting Botticelli's Adoration of the Magi
The scene of the three wise men offering gifts to a newborn Jesus was widely painted during the Renaissance era, so how did painter Sandro Botticelli create a version that's still well known today? James Earle describes who and what set...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: The Development of Writing and Books [Pdf]
In this activity, students examine early civilizations and the evolution of written language, the role of the Renaissance in developing the printing process and in distributing information, and the human desire to record information.
McGraw Hill
My Art Studio: Search Across Time: Renaissance Visual Art
Brief introduction to Renaissance art and links to web searches for specific artworks.
San Diego State University
Renaissance Men
This art card game is similar to "Gin Rummy" where players collect sets of three. The game's purpose is to recall art and artists from the three Renaissance periods (proto, early, and high).
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: Hero vs. Claudio
What do you know about marriage customs during the English Renaissance? Students will have an opportunity to learn about weddings and marriages in Renaissance English using "Much Ado About Nothing" as source material.
Other
Art and Architecture of the British Renaissance
This overview of the art of the English Renaissance provides information but not many images.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Renaissance Art: The Rebirth of Classicism
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! What in the world do they have to do with this? Find the connection and recognize Renaissance art and the artists.
A&E Television
History.com: Renaissance Art
An account of the interests and achievements of Renaissance artists, with links to videos on the subject of Renaissance art aired on History, the cable television channel.
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