Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Michelangelo Buonarroti
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.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Henry Viii (1491 1547)
Part of a larger site on Renaissance literature contains links to many biographies of Henry VIII. Includes a compilation of works written by Henry VIII.
Other
The Active Eye in Architecture: Birth of a Column
A detailed study of the column, with some reference to its use in Renaissance architecture. Part of an online book about architecture by an amateur for amateurs.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Raffaelo Sanzio (Raphael)
A great online collection of the work of Renaissance master Raphael, who was famous for painting angels, Madonnas, and saints. View a huge high-quality collection of his drawings, paintings, and tapestries and read insightful analyses of...
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Historical Maps of Italy
Review these two maps of Italy during the Renaissance from the Perry Castaneda Collection. Zoom in to see the details of a map of the Milanese under the Visconti and one of the Republic of Florence.
Library of Congress
Loc: Journeys and Crossings: Langston Hughes and His Poetry
Watch and listen to a webcast of David Kresh, Reference Specialist in Poetry at the Library of Congress, discuss Langston Hughes, including his poetry and other writings, and the impact of his life and work both during the Harlem...
Columbia University
Columbia University: "The Migration Series" by Jacob Lawrence
This is a four slide-show examination of the pictorial series that the Harlem Renaissance artist Jacob Lawrence created in paint to tell the story of the "The Great Migration" of African-Americans from the Southern United States to the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The New Negro
Learn about some of the people who contributed to the Harlem Renaissance in this video from A Walk Through Harlem.
University of California
University of California Berkeley: Digital Scriptorium
Browse and search an image database of medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts from many participating institutions.
Other
Georgia Museum of Art
Home page for the Georgia Museum of art, which is on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens. It's permanent collection consists of American paintings; American, European, and Asian works on paper; the Samuel H. Kress Study...
Other
Online Historical Fencing Manuals & Texts
Links to historical fighting manuals and analysis of these manuals. Intriguing reading for those with an interest in Renaissance fighting techniques.
University of Oxford (UK)
The History of Scientific Instruments Used in Europe
Medieval and Renaissance-era scientific instruments are catalogued and displayed. Find references to the makers of the instruments and the ways the tools were once used.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: New English Poetry: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
This Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry discusses the English renaissance poetry of Henry Howard (1517-1547).
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Drop Me Off in Harlem
A collection of biographies, video and audio clips, and photos offer a look at the people, locations, and themes of the Harlem Renaissance.
United Nations
Unesco: Historic Centre of Florence
This World Heritage website features Florence, a focal point for the Italian Renaissance. Found here are a description, a map, documents, many photos, a video on its significance, and any indicators of threats to its preservation.
United Nations
Unesco: Historic Centre of Urbino
This World Heritage website features Urbino, an important center for a short time during the Italian Renaissance that has been largely preserved. Found here are a description, links, maps, documentation, photos, and a video on its history.
OpenStax
Open Stax: The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation 1919 1929: A New Generation
Looks at the new morality that emerged in the 1920s. It changed the role of women and the perception of African Americans, the latter facilitated by the Harlem Renaissance and its impact on the music and dance of the Jazz Age. Also...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
Manuscript artworks accompanied by descriptions that were part of a museum art exhibit on Medieval and Renaissance food. The exhibit looked at how food was portrayed in art from those times.
Other
Jack Wolcott: Vide Occasions: Theatre History on the Web
This comprehensive site offers links to the history of British theatre including the Classics, Medieval and Renaissance, Elizabethan, 17th, 18th, 19th Century, Contemporary, and Non-Western theatre. It also provides links to theatre...
Other
North Carolina Museum of Art
At the North Carolina Museum of Art, the collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, with works by van Dyck, Brueghel, and Raphael, is internationally recognized. American painters John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer, and Georgia...
British Library
British Library: Bodies of Knowledge
Series of illustrated essays on the different ways that the human body has been represented in art and science across history considers medieval astrology, the ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture, Vitruvius's notion of body symmetry,...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Langston Hughes: Hughes's Life and Career
Lengthy, detailed biography of Harlem Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes, from the Oxford Companion to African American Literature.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Samuel Johnson and the Revival of Learning
A critical analysis of Johnson's commentary on the period later called the Renaissance by Jack Lynch. In-depth article with extensive notes and bibliography.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Rights "Then and Now"
Sixth graders will compare and contrast the rights of individuals and groups based on social class today and during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.