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...

Lengthy biography detailing Michelangelo's life, his works, his achievements, and his influence on other artists. Links to his works including the Sistine Chapel.

Ibiblio WebMuseum offers a detailed biography of Michelangelo and links to some of his famous paintings including The Sistine Chapel.

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...

This site from Learner.org illustrates the inner and outer workings of Renaissance art and architecture in the Italian city of Florence. It also provides an example by noting some works by Michelangelo and Botticelli.

Overview of Florence during the Renaissance discusses the key elements and individuals that made the city a center of Renaissance power and culture: the Medici family, the wool trade, humanism, Florentine art and architecture,...

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.

This site from the Web Gallery of Art provides a biographical sketch on Masaccio, "the first great painter of the Italian Renaissance." Includes link to related information and to examples of Massacio's artwork.