University of the Arts, London: Paintings at Universal Leonardo

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 Renaissance artists involving the natural world, the body of man, light and vision, religious devotion, and imagination and invention. Includes a zoomable tool for enlarging each work so that it can be examined in detail. An excellent resource for learning about the historical context of art.