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British Library

British Library: The Leonardo Notebook

For Students 9th - 10th
Page through one of Leonardo's notebooks, in which he works out his observations about weights, measures, reflections, and similar material matters. Interesting examples of the master's characteristic "mirror writing" and of his...
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
The Web Gallery of Art provides an amazing online collection of Michelangelo's (1475-1564) art. Not only can you view high-quality reproductions of his drawings, paintings, sculptures, and architectural commissions, you can also click...
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Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Titian

For Students 9th - 10th
Link to images of his most famous paintings and his biography.
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Louvre Museum: Mona Lisa: Portrait of Lisa Gherardini

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the various actions that have been taken to preserve the "Mona Lisa," one of Leonardo's most famous portrait paintings. Explore compositional details, unfinished portions of the painting, and other interesting tidbits about...
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Institute and Museum of the History of Science: Mind of Leonardo

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive museum-mounted exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci looks at all his intellectual and creative pursuits: artistic, scientific, mathematic, and technological. Includes an array of stunning images and video presentations, along...
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University of the Arts, London: Manuscripts at Universal Leonardo

For Students 9th - 10th
This gallery of 22 excerpts from Leonardo's notebooks is accompanied by historical information and links to additional explorations of his interests in the forces of nature, light and vision, and imagination and invention. The drawings...
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Jan Van Eyck the Complete Works

For Students 9th - 10th
View over 100 of Van Eyck's paintings. You can conduct searches, watch slideshows, or view page by page. Also includes an extensive biography and many features that make finding and bookmarking your favorite works very easy.
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Library of Congress

Loc: The Moldenhauer Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
The Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress contain approximately 3,500 items documenting the history of Western music from the medieval period through the modern era.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Giorgione

For Students 9th - 10th
This art museum site offers an enlarged image of "The Tempest."
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Leonardo Da Vinci the Complete Works

For Students 9th - 10th
View over 100 of Leonardo's paintings, drawings, and inventions. You can conduct searches, watch slideshows, or view page by page. Also includes an extensive biography and many features that make finding and bookmarking your favorite...
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Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: Hero vs. Claudio

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What do you know about marriage customs during the English Renaissance? Students will have an opportunity to learn about weddings and marriages in Renaissance English using "Much Ado About Nothing" as source material.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Cervantes

For Students 9th - 10th
Informative biography on the Spanish Renaissance playwright and author of "Don Quixote." Includes excerpts from several of his works.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Middle English Literature (1350 1485)

For Students 9th - 10th
Listed as Medieval literature, you can find authors from the 14th and 15th centuries here, as some are considered Renaissance writers. Excellent resource with links to extensive info on the writers including Chaucer, Langland, and Gawain.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Raphael

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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University at Buffalo

University at Buffalo: Helene Johnson Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the University at Buffalo, gives the text of three of the poems of this famous Harlem Renaissance author.
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PBS

Pbs.org: Sterling Brown, Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS offers a brief, but well-written, biography of the famous Harlem Renaissance author.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Rhythms in Poetry: Claude Mc Kay

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a succinct biography of Claude McKay, infamous Harlem Renaissance poet who expressed the need for the African American community in America to speak out against racism. See "Claude McKay Activities" for related materials.
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New York Times

New York Times: Helene Johnson, Poet of Harlem, 89, Dies

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An obituary for Helene Johnson, a famous Harlem Renaissance poet. Includes quotations from some of her poems.
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: The Age of Discovery

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of the explorers of the Renaissance period. Includes a general look at the main explorers, with links to biographies of many of them.
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University of California

Ucmp: Leonardo's Contributions to Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about Leonardo da Vinci's observations of the natural world. An insightful commentary on the scientific achievements of the Renaissance.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Walk Through Harlem: Finding Their Voice

For Students 9th - 10th
African Americans in the 1920's had a new attitude. In this video segment from A Walk through Harlem, learn about the Harlem Renaissance. [0:59]
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Luminarium

Luminarium: John Skelton (Ca.1460 1529)

For Students 9th - 10th
This index page provides access to biographical information, full texts, articles, as well as other resources about this poet of the early English renaissance.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Robert Lehman Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
View fifty selected pieces from the Robert Lehman Collection of European art, which features paintings, drawings, and works of decorative art from the Italian and Northern Renaissance up through the twentieth century. An excellent survey...
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University of the Arts, London: Paintings at Universal Leonardo

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a collection of 25 paintings by Renaissance-era master painters, including more than a dozen of Leonardo's most famous works. Paintings are accompanied by links to explanations of the artistic problems and puzzles that fascinated...

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