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Worksheet
Curated OER

Renaissance Flash Cards

For Students 6th - 8th
Provide your class with a set of flash cards all related to the people of the Renaissance period. There are ten cards total that are intended to help learners recall who, what, and when about Renaissance art and architecture. 
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Curated OER

The Art of the Italian Renaissance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Feast your eyes on some of the most beautiful and important art of the Renaissance, including paintings, sculptures, and architecture. The slides take care to detail the characteristics of each art form, but the presentation really lends...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Social Studies: Renaissance

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore Renaissance architecture. In this Renaissance instructional activity, students view a slideshow featuring architecture of the era and then discuss the math skills used to the build the structures. Student build their own...
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Website
Other

The Active Eye in Architecture: Birth of a Column

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Website
University of California

Renaissance Art and Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of art and architecture during the Renaissance. Covers all the major figures and countries.
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Article
Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum: Style Guide: Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Unit Plan
Columbia University

Columbia University: Real Virtual: Representing Architectural Time and Space

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive collection of resources designed to aid the teaching of architectural history. An introduction to the period of architecture accompanies images. Viewers can manipulate the images to achieve a panoramic view or close-up of...
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Website
Columbia University

Columbia University: Renaissance Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Renaissance architecture and explore 360 degrees panoramas of buildings in France, Italy, and Portugal. A few can also be explored through their architectural plans. Features one project that maps Venice's Renaissance art and...
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Website
Other

Villa Cicogna Mozzoni: A Renaissance Jewel

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the renaissance villa on Lake Maggiore and Italian national monument site, the Villa Cicogna Mozzoni, in the main web-page for the villa. Full of historical information, maps, and photos.
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Unit Plan
Other

The Leo Architectonic Research Office: History of Renaissance Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of images depicting various styles of architecture throughout the Renaissance. Each small image links to a pages with more detailed photographs and further information about the image.
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Graphic
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the Renaissance engraving "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Composite of Corinthian and Ionic" from the mid 1500s, with a description and images from the book.
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Graphic
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline Art History; Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the Renaissance book with illustrated engravings "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Poliphilo's Dream about the Strife of Love)" by Francesco Colonna, with a description and images from the...
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Part C: Fibonacci Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
Look at an interesting application of ratios that demonstrates the amazing patterns that emerge when we examine mathematics. The Fibonacci numbers are found in art, music, and nature.
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Graphic
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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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Renaissance Architecture for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
History Questions: Renaissance Architecture Quiz, Test, and WebQuest