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The Leo Architectonic Research Office: History of Renaissance Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of images depicting various styles of architecture throughout the Renaissance. Each small image links to a pages with more detailed photographs and further information about the image.
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English Renaissance of Art: Oscar Wilde

For Students 9th - 10th
Reprinted from essays and lectures by Oscar Wilde. Discusses the characteristics of the English Renaissance of Art.
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University of Oxford (UK)

Epact: Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
Epact is an electronic catalogue of medieval and renaissance scientific instruments from four European museums: the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, the British Museum,...
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Eat, Drink, & Be Merry: Food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A booklet that accompanied a museum art exhibit on Medieval and Renaissance food. The exhibit looked at how food was portrayed in manuscript art from those times.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Harlem Renaissance Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This unit on the history and contribution of the Harlem Renaissance combines research and creative presentations in the form of slideshows, a timeline, and desktop publishing.
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Rice University

Northern Renaissance: Its in the Details

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides an outline that contains stylistic differences between Northern Renaissance painters and their Italian counterparts. Images are offered.
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Amistad Digital Resource: Harlem Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Harlem Renaissance, the 1920s rebirth of African American arts centered in the Harlem neighborhood in New York City.
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Washington State University: Renaissance Neo Platonism

For Students 9th - 10th
A discusion of the Platonic Tradition and its rebirth during the Italian Renaissance. Also mentions humanism, Aristotle and Marsilio Ficino.
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Homer and the Greek Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents a clear, readable summary of ancient Greek history from the Archaic period through the Renaissance which included Homer's epic poems. Explains major historical events and cultural trends as background for those reading Homeric...
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National Library of France

National Library of France: Renaissance Drawings

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: The Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is an interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is The Renaissance.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Renaissance Art for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
History Questions: Renaissance Art Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
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Indiana University

History and Literature of Music: Renaissance Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource classifies Renaissance instruments in the following categories: winds, plucked strings, bowed strings, keyboard, and percussion.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Titian and the Late Renaissance in Venice

For Students 9th - 10th
6 colorful images from Titian during the Italian Renaissance. Click on each image to find a brief description and analysis. Also has one image from Paris Bordone.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Southern Renaissance: Zora Neale Hurston

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Zora Neale Hurston is featured in this biography highlighting her literary contributions which focused on African Americans as whole people, celebrating their heritage, in an era when black authors tended to write about their...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Renaissance: Become a Spice Trader

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides detailed information about the adventures of becoming a spice trader. The site allows the researcher to experience an exhibit as a "traveler" by clicking on various links.
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Library of Congress

Loc: A Video Selection of Illuminated Manuscripts

For Students 9th - 10th
A video selection of various medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, including bibles and books of hours.
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Smart History

Smarthistory: Dante's Divine Comedy in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Smarthistory article explores the relationship between Dante and the visual arts and how the Divine Comedy played an important role in the creation of a great many outstanding works of art.
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British Library

British Library: Illuminating the Renaissance: Flemish Manuscripts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A selection of high-quality images from the Flemish manuscripts in the British Library along with a timeline of contemporary European events.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Illuminating the Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Through four different "looking closer" tools you can get an in-depth discovery of a well-known manuscript from the Renaissance.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Renaissance for Kids: Glossary and Terms

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
Kids learn about the glossary and terms of the European Renaissance. Words and definitions you need to know.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: A Brief Guide to the Harlem Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Concise explanation of the term "Harlem Renaissance," largely as it applies to poetry. It discusses the movement's origins and some of its major figures.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Renaissance for Kids: Italian City States

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Italian City-States of the European Renaissance including Florence, Milan, Venice, Rome, and Naples.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Northern Renaissance

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids take a quiz or WebQuest on Renaissance - Northern Renaissance.

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