Time
World War Ii in Color: Italian Campaign and the Road to Rome
See color photographs from Life Magazine of Allied troops traveling through Italy towards Rome in the Italian campaign near the end of World War II. Many of these photographs were not published in the magazine at the time. Each photo has...
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Rome, Galleria Borghese: Italian Sculpture
Eleven images of the sculpture located in the Galleria Borghese in Italy are displayed here for your viewing. Text is in Italian, however the images are wonderful.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Humanism and the Italian Renaissance
Review the foundation of the Italian Renaissance, classical studies, and humanism. This is a comprehensive study tool.
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West Valley College: The Italian High Renaissance
The site from the West Valley College briefly surveys several pieces of artwork from the Italian High Renaissance including those from Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
BBC
Bbc History: Animated Map: The Italian Campaign
This animated map gives a good visual of the Italian Campaign which began in Sicily in 1943. Each map has a description of the action, a key is provided, and just the map animation can be replayed, or view the entire site again.
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: La Grande Guerra: The Geography of the Italian Front
Slideshow presentation provides a virtual tour of the varied battlefields of the Italian Front during WWI.
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E Language: Italian Culture
A short pictorial introduction to Italy, with explanatory notes that describe Italian cultural landmarks, traditions, and works of art.
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Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne: The Italian Renaissance [Ppt]
A detailed slideshow that presents key concepts and ideas on Renaissance economics, society, politics, arts and architecture, philosophy, the Papacy, and the spread of humanism. The significant individuals in each category are also...
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Flemish Art Collection: "Italian Landscape" by Karel Dujardin
Depiction of the painting "Italian Landscape" by Karel Dujardin. The page loads in Dutch, but there is an option to view the page in English.
Brown University
Brown University Library: Garibaldi and the Risorgimento
A digital archive of media portraying Giuseppe Garibaldi, a nineteenth-century Italian military and political leader and hero. Collection includes interactive and animated panoramic lecture, newspaper illustrations, and prints from the...
Curated OER
Italians in Canada
This site gives an overview of the history of Italian immigration to Canada accompanied by historical photographs, letters and news clippings. One section is devoted to the life of Fortunato "Lucky" Rao, an Italian labour leader with the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Italian Irredenta, 1919
A map of northeastern Italy from the Gulf of Panzano (Adriatic Sea) to Gorizia on the River Isonzo during the Italian national Irredentist Movement to unify ethnic Italians of the Austrian Empire after the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye...
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Italianate House Profile
A line drawing of an Italianate house is labeled with features that set this style apart. The text elaborates on the details of the style.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Italian Front, 1914 1919
A map from 1919 of the northeastern Italian fronts during World War I, including the front in 1917 and in 1918. The map shows principal cities and ports, railroads, mountains, rivers, and coastal features.
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A View on Cities: Rome: Monument to Italian Patriots
Monument to Italian patriots, Janiculum (Rome)
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Raphael
Detailed biography on the famous Italian painter Raphael who lived during the high Italian Renaissance. Discusses his influences by other artists, his works, and links to images of them.
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Bluffton University: Donatello's David
An interesting site that reviews in detail the early work of the statue of David by the great Italian sculptor Donatello. Includes good images of the statue as well.
Rice University
Northern Renaissance: Its in the Details
This website provides an outline that contains stylistic differences between Northern Renaissance painters and their Italian counterparts. Images are offered.
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Architeacher: Architectural History and Building Styles
A slideshow that introduces learners to nineteenth-century architectural history by displaying a variety of homes constructed in specific historical styles, such as Greek revival, Queen Anne, Italianate, and Gothic revival.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Representations of the Pieta
Did you know Michelangelo created several pietas? "Pieta" is an Italian word used to describe an image of the Virgin Mary mourning her dead son. The Web Gallery of Art showcases multiple reproductions of Michelangelo's works on this...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: "The Epiphany" by Giotto
An example of the work of Giotto (Giotto di Bondone), "The Epiphany," from about 1320. Showcases Giotto's innovative style and discusses his break with the Bzyantine tradition, which, up until now, had been exerting a strong influence...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page talks about and presents images of the late middle-ages painting "Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ" by the Italian master Domenico Ghirlandaio.
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