Bartleby
Bartleby.com: John Skelton
This Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry for John Skelton defines his place in English Renaissance literature.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Part C: Fibonacci Numbers
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.
African American Literature Book Club
African American Literature Book Club: Dorothy West
This biography of Harlem Renaissance writer Dorothy West includes a video [2:42] of West in New York and links to book reviews for all of West's works.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Magic, Illusion, and the Supernatural
Mischievous fairies, monstrous apparitions, and scheming witches: examine how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers played with the magical and supernatural.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Power, Politics, and Religion
A murdered king, a homeless ruler, a man who sells his soul to the Devil: discover how Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers represented power and powerlessness.
Library of Congress
Loc: Rome Reborn: Humanism
Access scans of manuscripts belonging to the Vatican Library that were instrumental to the growth and development of humanism in Renaissance Italy.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Path to Royal Absolutism
The Library of Congress presents the "Political and cultural history of France from 1498 to 1661" France's Renaissance, eight civil wars, and the Bourbons. Also click on "The Rise and Fall of the Absolute Monarchy," for history from the...
Rice University
Galileo Project: The Medici Family
This site from the Rice University contains information about the Medici Family of Florence. Gained their wealth through banking and commerce - wealthiest family in Italy. Discusses family throughout the Italian Renaissance.
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: The Age of Reform 1300 1600.
This website provides a chronological timeline of theo-social experiments, renaissance, reformation and wars on religion from 1300-1600.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Brunelleschi, Filippo
This site from the Web Gallery of Art provides a biographical sketch of Brunelleschi, a "Florentine architect [and] one of the initiators of the Italian Renaissance." Includes links to related information and to images of his artwork.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Walking Tour: Langston Hughes's Harlem of 1926
Walk in the footsteps of the Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes in this online guided tour. Contains specific directions to navigate through Harlem to places he lived and visited regularly. With quotes from various works mentioning...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline Art History; The Birth of the Virgin
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the early Renaissance painting by Fra Carnevale "The Birth of the Virgin" from 1467, with a description and images of the piece.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline Art History; Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
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...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 2: Langston Hughes and the Blues
Explore relationship between music and poetry in this African-American history lesson on Langston Hughes, the Harlem Renaissance, and other artists such as Bessie Smith, John Hammond, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Michelangelo Buonarroti
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.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Language, Word Play and Text
Prose and verse, wordplay, neologisms, and rhetoric: discover how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers developed innovative and experimental uses of language.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Deception, Drama, and Misunderstanding
Investigate how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explore miscommunication, dishonesty, trickery, and the nature of theatre.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Histories
From the staging of disability to the influence of Machiavelli, explore the history plays of Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Gender, Sexuality, Courtship and Marriage
From courtship rituals to cross-dressing to love poetry, examine the ways in which Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explored identity, sexuality, and gender roles.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Collection Items
Explore a selection of collection items that relate to Shakespeare, Renaissance writers, and the context in which their works were created.
Library of Congress
Loc: Primary Source Investigation
Choose from a list of photos from the Civil War, Reform, Harlem Renaissance, and Campaign to study and record observations.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: The Mediterranean World
This website contains information about the people using the Mediterranean during the Renaissance. Mentions cultural diversity, humanism, economics and port cities. Includes the setting, cultural diversity, and changing order of the...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Humanism: Seeking the Wisdom of the Ancients
This site provides an introduction to Renaissance humanism. Describes what the movement was, the history behind it, and contains documents from famous ancient Humanists.
Library of Congress
Loc: A Heavenly Craft: Woodcut in Early Printed Books
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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