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Art and
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in Europe |
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A collection
of architectural images from the 15th, 16th, and 17th
centuries. Look up a half-timber house in France, Ruben's house,
Versailles and more. |
| Palladio
Museum |
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A
collection of architectural images including churches,
palaces, public buildings, villas, and bridges.
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| Renaissance
and Baroque Architecture |
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Search the collection for
images of all kinds of Renaissance architecture throughout
Europe.
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Century Painters
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A
huge collection of links to museums and exhibits featuring
Renaissance paintings and artists.
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Gallery
of the Italian Renaissance
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A collection of
works from the Italian Renaissance including mostly paintings
and sculptures.
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Renaissance
Art
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A collection of
paintings, architecture, and sculpture.
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| Web
Gallery of Art |
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This
is the place to find everything and anything to do with
Renaissance art. Search for artists and works or look up art
using the Quick Index.
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| European
Collection |
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View
a large collection of European sculpture and decorative arts
and then click on a link to the left to view images and descriptions
of European paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of
Art.
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A
collection of images on Raphael's work including
altarpieces, portraits, paintings of saints and more.
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Michelangelo
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A
collection of images on Michelangelo's work including sculptures,
paintings, frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, drawings and architectural
works.
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Sistine
Chapel Ceiling
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View
the newly-restored paintings on the Sistine Chapel's
colorful ceiling.
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Leonardo
da Vinci
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A
collection of images on da Vinci's work including drawings,
paintings, and sculptures.
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Welcome
to Leonardo's World
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Explore
the Renaissance timeline and learn how to become a Renaissance
Man in 9 steps just as Leonardo did.
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The
Sketches of a Renaissance Man
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Includes a large collection of da
Vinci's drawings of subjects such as architecture, human
anatomy, and flight.
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16th
Century Renaissance English Literature
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Look up biographies and quotes from
Renaissance authors and learn more about their works. Examples
include Marlowe, Sir Thomas More, Shakespeare, Spenser,
Elizabeth I and more.
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Renaissance
Dante in Print
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Check out a timeline of Dante
Alighieri's life and learn about the history of The
Inferno's publication.
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Government and
Politics |
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General
History |
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| Renaissance
Sourcebook |
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A
comprehensive site including information
on Early Italian Humanism (with Dante and Petrarch),
artists, politics and politicians (includes excerpts from The
Prince), and the arts of civilization. |
| Renaissance |
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A
page containing such topics as Out of the Middle Ages,
Exploration and Trade, Printing and Thinking, Focus on
Florence as well as Related Sources. |
| Renaissance
Timeline |
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Click
on a graphic and learn all about the major events of the
Renaissance. For example, if you click on the portrait
of Columbus, you will be given the historical background of
his voyages. |
| The
Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture |
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This
site focuses on Rome during the Renaissance from archeology to
mathematics, music, nature and more. |
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The
Art of Renaissance Science |
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Discover
the inventions and discoveries of Galileo and read about the
interaction between artists and scinetists in the Renaissance. |
| Plague
and Public Health in Renaissance Europe
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An article on the Bubonic plague as well as its impact on
Florence and other European cities.
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| Pictures
of the Plague |
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A
site containing images such as "Sermon During the
Plague," and "Runaways Fleeing from the
Plague" and more.
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| Public
Executions in Renaissance England |
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The
uses of the Tower of London and the Tyburn Tree and what
happened to felons, traitors, heretics, witches, and
others accused of committing crimes.
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| Medieval
and Renaissance Book Production |
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Examine
how the printed book came to be and discover the workings of
Gutenberg's printing press. |
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Shakespeare
and Elizabethan Links |
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This
site provides a great list of online resources on Shakespeare
and the time in which he lived. |
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Catherine
de Medici |
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Read
a biography about this important figure of the Italian
Renaissance. |
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Daily Life |
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| Italian
Renaissance Gardens |
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Read
about the gardens, villas, and social life of Renaissance
Florence and view images of gardens. |
| Life
in Elizabethan England |
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A
great site that examines Renaissance weddings and
marriage customs, family, naming the baby, children and
childhood, and heirs and inheritance. |
| Music
and Dance of the Renaissance |
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Not
only can you view images of dances, but you can listen to
Midi files of Renaissance music as well. |
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Renaissance
Consort Music |
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Listen
to the sounds of Renaissance instruments. |
| Renaissance
Instruments |
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the bladder pipe to the viol, learn all about instruments
used during the
Renaissance. |
| Renaissance
Faires |
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all about Renaissance costumes, historical information
from the Renaissance, and how to put on your own or visit
other Renaissance fairs. |
| Renaissance
Love Songs |
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Read
song lyrics from the 15th to 17th centuries. |
| Renaissance
Costume |
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View
examples of all kinds of different Renaissance costume from
Court Dress to Peasant clothing. |
| Renaissance
Recipes |
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A
variety of different dishes such as "Fried Gourd" or
"Cooked Lentils" or a "Potage with
Turnips." |
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