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Famous Artist of the Month

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Feature one famous artist a month with a series of portraits, biographies, and examples of their gallery. With masters such as Augustus Rodin, Francisco Goya, and Michelangelo, the resource provides opportunities every month for kids to...
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: High Renaissance Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
A chronological listing of artists from the High Renaissance. This list covers the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Works of art and biographies available with each name.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of what the Renaissance was with links to examples to a number of different paintings from that era.
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Robert H. Sarkissian

Island of Freedom: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete discussion of Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance artist. Discusses his life, his impact on the art world, his political views of the times, and his influence on society. Explanation of works, additional links to other great artists.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a detailed look at the Renaissance movement. Content includes a focus on important Renaissance political leaders, religious figures, authors, artists, scientists, philosophers, and composers.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: The Northern Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: La Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses all aspects of European Renaissance including the artists of Italian high renaissance. Links to the renaissance movement in the Netherlands, Germany and France.
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United Nations

Unesco: Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and Its Po Delta

For Students 9th - 10th
This World Heritage website features Ferrara, a focal point for the Italian Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries. Ferrara is known as well as the place where modern town planning began. Found here are a description, a map,...
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: The Harlem Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a list of fifteen artists from the movement with links to images in various museums.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: La Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ibiblio.com explains the Renaissance, not only as a time period, but as how it changed thought, writing, and art throughout Europe. See links to Renaissance in Italy, Germany and Netherlands.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Titian

For Students 9th - 10th
Very informative article on Titian's career as an artist, his works, his styles of painting, and his influences.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Parmigianino

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes images of some of Parmigianino's most famous paintings including "Madonna with the Long Neck." It includes a biography of the artist.
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Other

Renaissance Personalities Student Home Page: Titian 1477 1576

For Students 3rd - 8th
Easy-to-read short biography of Titian citing his background and his accomplishments. Part of a school project for 8th graders.
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Renaissance Humanism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a overview of Renaissance humanism from the modern European intellectual history lectures. It discusses the age, the tenets of humanism, and the major personalities involved in the movement.
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Other

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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Other

Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive and thorough biography of Renaissance artist, Michelangelo. Great information but a heavy read.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Gentile Bellini (1429 1507 Ce)

For Students 9th - 10th
A good, informative site with biographical information, links to museums with the artist's work and magazine articles.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Pieter Brueghel the Elder

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life and career of 16th-century Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Brueghel the Elder.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Lucas Cranach the Elder

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account highlights the life and career of German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia provides a biography of Michelangelo, celebrated artist of the Renaissance. The resource features links to famous works at museums around the world, articles, and other resources.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: The Italian Renaissance (1420 1600)

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief ibiblio.org article provides an overview of the key painters of the Renaissance in Italy. The artists and their major works are the key focus here and while further links on them are available, but you will not find anything...
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Other

Michelangelo/painter, Sculptor, Architect, Poet

For Students 9th - 10th
An Italian site containing a comprehensive biography of artist Michelangelo. Also includes images of some of his paintings.
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Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Giorgione

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Giorgione. Includes links to photos of his works including The Tempest.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: The High Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
A listing, with links, of some of the artists associated with The High Renaissance art.

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