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Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

My Art Studio: Search Across Time: Renaissance Visual Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief introduction to Renaissance art and links to web searches for specific artworks.
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Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Mannerism

For Students 9th - 10th
Artlex.com defines and describes mannerism in European art between 1520 and 1600 with examples by Michelangelo, El Greco, and others. Features links to related artists, concepts, terms, and examples.
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Handout
Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: 23 Interesting Facts About the Sistine Chapel

For Students 9th - 10th
Lots of interesting facts about the Sistine Chapel, its history, Michelangelo, and about visiting it.
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Other

History of Mannerism Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lists a few different famous examples of Mannerist architecture from the 16th and 17th centuries. Click on the link and receive a large image and a biography of the work. Brief, but good information.
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Handout
Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to Michelangelo's sculptures, paintings, drawings, and architectural works including the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Representations of the Pieta

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know Michelangelo created several pietas? "Pieta" is an Italian word used to describe an image of the Virgin Mary mourning her dead son. The Web Gallery of Art showcases multiple reproductions of Michelangelo's works on this...
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: The Holy Family

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Web Gallery of Art provides a digitized image of this famous painting by Michelangelo. Includes some notes on the background of the painting and the artist's style. A link to a page containing a biography about...
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Handout
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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Website
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
Olga's Gallery on Michelangelo. There are 71 images with a biography of the artists. This is a great site on Michelangelo!
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Activity
South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Artopia: Sculpture Critic: Slave Called Atlas by Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource about the sculpture Slave Called Atlas by Michelangelo. Includes questions for reflection and a suggested art activity, an image of the sculpture and an audio version of the questions. Includes links for more information about...
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Unit Plan
Other

Michelangelo.com: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore and discover the life and work of Michelangelo.
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University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh: Early Renaissance Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Several thumbnail-size examples of Renaissance architectural features. Includes exteriors and interiors, floorplans, closeups of column capitals, and similar subjects. Also includes original drawings and plans by famous Renaissance...
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Handout
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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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Last Judgment Tympanum (Autun) Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
How much do you know about the Last Judgment in the Tympanum of Cathedral of St. Lazare by Michelangelo? Find out by answering this six-question multiple-choice and true/false quiz. Check each answer before moving to the next question....
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

For Students 9th - 10th
How much do you know about the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo? Find out by answering this four-question multiple-choice and true/false quiz. Check each answer before moving to the next question. Hints are available for...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Studies for the Last Judgment and a Late Crucifixion Drawing

For Students 9th - 10th
The Last Judgement was a common theme in church art, but Michelangelo's interpretation was entirely novel. His vision of the Apocalypse is a swirling maelstrom, filled with thick-set and muscular naked figures. Traditional symmetry and...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Studies for the Battle of Cascina and the Creation of Adam

For Students 9th - 10th
The Battle of Cascina was a famous fourteenth-century victory over Pisa. Michelangelo's Bathers depicted the Florentine army hurriedly preparing for battle after a dip in the river. Michelangelo's drawing caused a sensation because of...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Michelangelo and His Early Drawings

For Students 9th - 10th
Michelangelo's drawings offer a unique insight into how the artist worked and thought. They are beautiful artworks in their own right but also provide a crucial link between his work as a sculptor, painter and architect. Michelangelo was...
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Handout
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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Handout
Robert H. Sarkissian

Island of Freedom: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a short biography on artist Michelangelo. Also includes links to view other sites on this artist.
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Website
Then Again

Then Again: Web Chron: The Italian Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a short timeline of key events of the Italian Renaissance. Make sure to click on "Humanism" and "Renaissance Art" for more information.
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Website
Other

St. Peter's in the Vatican Basilca

For Students 9th - 10th
Picture of St. Peters and a very brief description which coins the basilica as "the greatest church of Christendom.
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Website
Other

Abc Roma Monuments in Rome St. Peter's Basilica

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief article on the architectural value of St. Peter's Basilica, "the greatest church in the world."
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PPT
Other

Alien Travel Guide: All About Sculpture

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is a descriptive site that offers information on types, styles, media, artists, history, and periods in creation of sculpture.