PBS
Pbs: Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance
Learn about the Renaissance period and its cultural leaders, the Medici family. Take an interactive tour of Florence and use the interactive timeline to understand the course of the Renaissance through the centuries. Uses popups.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Raffaello Sanzio
An in-depth biography of the painter Raphael discussing his life and works. A link is also provided to a listing of his works.
Other
Virtual Uffizi Gallery: Take a Virtual Tour of the Museum
See the artwork located in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. This resource brings the images to you. Just click on the room or topic and see background information and a link to the image.
Other
Vatican Museums: Sistine Chapel
This site covers the floor plans and designs of the Sistine Chapel. It provides links to the ceiling itself, the last judgment, the north wall, the south wall, and the entrance wall. Also includes a virtual tour of the chapel.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300 1600 [Pdf]
Chapter 17 of a textbook on world history (36 pages). Includes a Renaissance timeline and map. Looks at the conditions that led to the Italian Renaissance, major artists, writers, the Northern Renaissance, the Elizabethan Age, the...
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Caravaggio
This resource contains a biography of the great artist as well as a gallery of his works. Be sure to click the link at the bottom for more information.
BBC
Bbc: Simon Schama's Power of Art: Caravaggio
The BBC presents the topic in this thematic exerpt from Simon Schama's popular visual art documantary "Power of Art".
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Masaccio
This site from the Web Gallery of Art provides a biographical sketch on Masaccio, "the first great painter of the Italian Renaissance." Includes link to related information and to examples of Massacio's artwork.
Read Works
Read Works: The Renaissance Florence During the Renaissance
[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.
Ducksters
Ducksters: History: Renaissance Artists for Kids
Kids learn about Renaissance artists including painters and sculptors such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael on this site.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: La Renaissance
This site from ibiblio.com explains the Renaissance, not only as a time period, but as how it changed thought, writing, and art throughout Europe. See links to Renaissance in Italy, Germany and Netherlands.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Raphael
Detailed biography on the famous Italian painter Raphael who lived during the high Italian Renaissance. Discusses his influences by other artists, his works, and links to images of them.
McGraw Hill
My Art Studio: Search Across Time: Renaissance Visual Art
Brief introduction to Renaissance art and links to web searches for specific artworks.
Other
History of Mannerism Architecture
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.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Caravaggio
This site from the Web Gallery of Art contains an in-depth biography as well as the artist's works in different time periods. A great site to check out on the subject.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Carvaggio Biography
Caravaggio (1571-1610), is an Italian painter whose revolutionary technique of tenebrism, or dramatic, selective illumination of form out of deep shadow, became a hallmark of Baroque painting.
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev
Olga's Gallery: Caravaggio. The Crucifixion of St. Peter
This site has a wonderful picture of the "Masterful" painting.
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev
Olga's Gallery: Caravaggio. The Conversion of St. Paul
This site gives a really great look at the famous picture.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: David
The head of Michelangelo's sculpture, David.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Raphael Sanzio
Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello), (April 6 or March 28, 1483 - April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: The Italian Renaissance (1420 1600)
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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