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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Renaissance: Focus on Florence

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of Florence during the Renaissance discusses the key elements and individuals that made the city a center of Renaissance power and culture: the Medici family, the wool trade, humanism, Florentine art and architecture,...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Artistic and Literary Trends

For Students 5th - 8th
The arts blossomed in the Gilded Age, aided by the wealth of the business tycoons. Read about the artists who flourished at the time, along with the realism in literature that ranged from poetry to novels.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Correggio, Assumption of the Virgin

For Students 9th - 10th
In the sacred architecture of the Roman and Byzantine empires, domes were viewed as symbols of heaven. Correggio merged this symbolism with the Renaissance's fascination for three-dimensional illusion. He transformed the dome of the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Temple of Minerva and the Sculpture of Apollo (Veii)

For Students 9th - 10th
Etruscan temple design had a huge impact on Renaissance architecture and one can see echoes of Etruscan columns in many buildings of the Renaissance and later in Italy. View pictures and read the history behind these temples in this...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Stained Glass: History and Technique

For Students 9th - 10th
During the Gothic period and the Renaissance (1100s-1500s) stained glass was one of the foremost techniques of painting practiced in Europe. It may seem surprising to call stained glass a form of painting, but in fact it is. Look closely...
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Georgia Douglas Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Georgia Douglas Johnson, an important Harlem Renaissance poet and playwright. List of suggested readings included.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Etruscans, an Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Before the small village of Rome became "Rome" it was home to the Etruscan civilization. Their achievements set the stage not only for the development of ancient Roman art and culture but for the Italian Renaissance as well. This...
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Other

Virtual Uffizi Gallery: Take a Virtual Tour of the Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: The Late Renaissance: Mannerism

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource briefly talks about selected Manneristic artwork in the context of Shakespearean drama. A picture is provided along with links to additional information on related subjects.
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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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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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Library of Congress

Loc: A Heavenly Craft: Woodcut in Early Printed Books

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit that represents the evolution of the woodcut as illustration during the late Medieval and early Renaissance period. This exhibition explores the development in technique, composition, perspective, and coloration of the...
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University of Oxford (UK)

The Geometry of War, 1500 1750

For Students 9th - 10th
Developments in the art of warfare in the late 15th and 16th centuries provided an outlet for geometry as show in this online exhibit.
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Niccolo Machiavelli, 1469 1527

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has biographical information for Machiavelli (1469-1527 CE), the political philosopher during the Italian Renaissance.
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University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Notes on Imitation and Forgery

For Students 9th - 10th
A site from the University of Michigan on various types of forgery in art from the Renaissance period to today. This site also covers website forgery and the internet.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dynasty, Revolution, and the Classical Age

For Students 9th - 10th
Welcome to Britain, home to one of the biggest empires in history and a rich artistic heritage. We'll start in the 16th through the 18th centuries, years that saw the establishment of Britain and British art as we know it. As you travel...
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Other

Drawings of Leonardo

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of high-quality scans of drawings by the Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci. Includes anatomical drawings, mechanical drawings, studies for sculpted works, and an assortment of oddities.
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Other

National Museum of Science and Technology: Leonardo

For Students 9th - 10th
Leonardo da Vinci, famous Renaissance painter and inventor, is the subject of a special collection of resources maintained by the National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan, Italy. Includes a gallery of his work, his biography,...
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Handout
Travel Document Systems

Tds: Burkina Faso: Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Although brief, this article is packed with information about the culture of Burkina Faso. Read about the ethnic groups, their art, and religion. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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University of Pennsylvania

Penn Library: Books of Hours

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains information about the Book of Hours: a private prayer book, liturgies or calendar. "In Books of Hours are preserved some of the finest works of medieval art." Seven Book of Hours with descriptions are shown. Though...
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Other

Guitar and Lute

For Students 9th - 10th
Great website for information on guitars, lutes, and other musical instruments. A lot of free items like music, tablature, and art. Useful to those studying music, including beginners.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Protestant Reformation

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the art that influenced the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Vasari Lives of the Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
This wonderful site from the Fordham University indexes selections from the great writer Vasari and his major work on the lives of Renaissance artists. The text is translated into English and a bibliograpy is provided for further research.
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Other

Boglewood Group: Titian [Tiziano Vecellio]

For Students 9th - 10th
Short history of the life of Titian and a discussion of his work.

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