Find a selection of readings to enhance teaching humanism and the Italian Renaissance and follow up with some of the questions available through MIT.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the changes in writing and poetry during the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Florence, Italy during the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

A look at the rebirth of the Renaissance in the context of five interrelated issues: a renewed interest in classical antiquity and the concept of "the Great Chain of Being", political changes, Humanism, the literary doctrine of...

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

Chapter 28 of a middle school textbook on world history (7 pages). It explains how the Renaissance began in Italy, and the differences between classical, medieval, and Renaissance art. It discusses the expanding world of trade and...

Comprehensive learning module on Renaissance and Reformation explores its evolution, culture, contirbutions and conflict. Complete set of multi-media course resources.

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,...

A curriculum unit on perspective, detailing the differences between medieval and Renaissance art. This is designed as a studio art course for 8th grade through high school, and contains some good information and activities. Illustrations...

Basic information about the Renaissance. Looks at Early Renaissance, High Renaissance, painting, and sculpture. Touches upon humanism.

Here is an interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is The Renaissance.

A selection of high-quality images from the Flemish manuscripts in the British Library along with a timeline of contemporary European events.

An examination of Renaissance style, as it was practiced in England. See examples of Renaissance architecture, furniture, and designs and learn about the motifs that characterize this style of ornamentation. Also learn about the role...

Art of the Baroque period of the 17th century embodied a dynamic energy that mirrored the restless spirit of its age. In painting, dramatic images of faith driven by the Catholic Church's Counter-Reformation contrast with lively...

Overview of dance in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. It includes the changes dance forms underwent, description of English Country Dance.

A description of what the Renaissance was with links to examples to a number of different paintings from that era.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the fall of the Byzantine Empire and the invention of the printing press. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

A detailed overview of art and architecture during the Renaissance. Covers all the major figures and countries.

The Hermitage is home to vast collections of art and artifacts dating from paleolithic times and continuing forward into the present day. With a variety of search capabilities, zoom and panoramic features, analytical discussions, and...

Links to pages with images and information on Galileo Galilei and the mathematics of perspective used in art of the Renaissance.

Topics available from this page include Medieval art, Renaissance art, Raphael: Italy comes to England, Later Renaissance art, Art in northern Europe, and Art in England. All of these topics are discussed in light of Shakespeare's life...

Page through one of Leonardo's notebooks, in which he works out his observations about weights, measures, reflections, and similar material matters. Interesting examples of the master's characteristic "mirror writing" and of his...

A comprehensive museum-mounted exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci looks at all his intellectual and creative pursuits: artistic, scientific, mathematic, and technological. Includes an array of stunning images and video presentations, along...