Curated OER
Medieval and Renaissance Art at the Art Institute
Students examine several Medieval and Renaissance works of art, including painting and sculpture, at the Art Institute of Chicago. They use worksheets and discussion questions to enhance their interpretation of the pieces.
Curated OER
Medieval Art and Architecture
Detailing the characteristics of Medieval art and architecture, including Romanesque and Gothic architecture, these slides provide incredible views of some of the most famous buildings, cathedrals and castles in the world. A few slides...
Curated OER
Medieval and Renaissance Art: Botanical Symbolism
Students study the significance of flowers in art from two periods. In this Medieval and Renaissance art lesson, students research the presence and meaning of botanical illustrations in twelfth, thirtieth, and fourteenth century...
Curated OER
Hollow Form - Monsters - Beasties That Never Were
Students investigate Medieval art Gargoyles/Beasties and creatures used for animation films, design an original monster, and create a hollow clay form using hand building techniques.
National Library of France
National Library of France: Medieval Gastronomy in Images
An interesting look at medieval art that depicts a facet of ordinary life: eating. Organized into three sections on food, cooking, and meals, this online exhibit tells us much about the medieval diet, the value of certain foods, the...
National Library of France
Bibliotheque Nationale De France: Tresors Carolingiens (Carolingian Treasures)
All in French, but the beautiful illuminated manuscripts can be appreciated without reading the detailed explanations. Advanced French students will enjoy the audio explanations.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Not Everyone Lived in Castles During the Middle Ages
Forget the romantic view of the Middle Ages. What was it really like? Lesson plan focuses on exploring the lives of the peasants, craftsmen, and monks. Hyperlinks lead to great illustrations.
Other
Medieval Bestiary: Animals in the Middle Ages
Bestiaries, illustrated volumes of animals and birds, were an expression of the intersection of the natural and religious worlds in medieval art and science. At this large database on the subject, you can learn about the symbolic content...
Other
Art and Architecture: Four Paintings: Bernardo Daddi: Triptych
Description and analysis of Daddi's fourteenth-century triptych.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Medieval Treasures
"Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art" is an on-line exhibit with images and detailed descriptions of pieces on view in the like named exhibition in the J. Paul Getty Museum. Covering four periods of the medieval age this...
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Illuminated Manuscripts From Belgium and the Netherlands
Highlights from an exhibition of painted manuscripts from the late Middle Ages. Find examples of a range of works from the time, along with audio files of commentaries from the exhibition's curators.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Imagining the Past in France: 1250 1500
View highlights from an exhibition of medieval French manuscripts, whose subjects range from the religious, to the courtly, to the historical. See a slideshow (with narration) of featured works from the exhibition and sample three...
The British Museum
British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Byzantine Empire
Learn about the art of the Byzantine empire in this historical overview and image gallery with detailed descriptions, from the collection of the British Museum.
The British Museum
British Museum: Explore World Cultues: Medieval Europe
Learn about the art of medieval Europe in this historical overview and image gallery with detailed descriptions of each object, from the collection of the British Museum.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: The End of Europe's Middle Ages
This useful tutorial includes information about the economy, feudalism, the Holy Roman Empire and other important topics pertaining to Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a time of transition in European history. Easy to...
Library of Congress
Loc: A Video Selection of Illuminated Manuscripts
A video selection of various medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, including bibles and books of hours.
University of Notre Dame
Medieval Institute Library: Medieval Seals
A catalogue of different kinds of medieval seals. They are organized into many categories, e.g., by institution, country, century, type of insignia, etc. Each seal is accompanied by a description and a high quality image.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Besides viewing the collections and exhibits at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can view the "Timeline of Art History" and other useful resources at this site.
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art home page offers information and news about current happenings in the art world. It also has virtual exhibits that you can view to see many different types of art.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Internet Shakespeare Editions: Art in Renaissance England
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...
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Netsurf: Art [Medieval]
This is part of a well-known and long-established Medieval Studies site. It presents links in a dozen categories.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Les Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry (Book of the Hours)
The complete text and artwork of a Medieval book known as a "book of the hours". It was a collection of written and visual materials dealing with each liturgical hour of the day. They were hand-made and are quite rare. This example was...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages
Fully illustrated blog about the art of medieval draftsmen shown in a special exhibition at the Metropolitan in 2009. Includes access to exhibition images, written assessments of important themes in medieval works on parchment, and...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Late Gothic Painting
Learn about artists of the Late Gothic Period and see many examples of their work. Hieronymus Bosch is among the artists explored at this site.