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Medieval Painting in the South of France

For Students 9th - 10th
This website shows through paintings, the daily life, visit of the chapels and religious life in the Southern Alps (South of France).
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Distorting Madonna in Medieval Art

For Students 9th - 10th
After Rome was destroyed, people were wary of attachment to physical beauty. As Christianity gained traction, Romans instead began to focus on the metaphysical beauty of virtue, and art began to follow suit. James Earle discusses how...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Late Gothic Painting

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about artists of the Late Gothic Period and see many examples of their work. Hieronymus Bosch is among the artists explored at this site.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Italian Painting of the Later Middle Ages: Fresco

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this is a description of fresco painting, how it was done and examples of it in Italian Painting of the Later Middle Ages.
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Art and Architecture: Four Paintings: Bernardo Daddi: Triptych

For Students 9th - 10th
Description and analysis of Daddi's fourteenth-century triptych.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Experiencing Medieval Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how 'illiterate' individuals encountered literary texts and traditions through textiles, wall paintings, sculptures, and listening to works read aloud in the Middle Ages.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is a Butt Tuba and Why Is It in Medieval Art?

For Students 9th - 10th
A rabbit attempts to play a church organ, while a knight fights a giant snail and a naked man blows a trumpet with his rear end. These bizarre images, painted with squirrel-hair brushes on vellum or parchment by monks, nuns and urban...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Les Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry (Book of the Hours)

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text and artwork of a Medieval book known as a "book of the hours". It was a collection of written and visual materials dealing with each liturgical hour of the day. They were hand-made and are quite rare. This example was...
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National Library of France

National Library of France: Beastiary in Medieval Illumination

For Students 9th - 10th
A beautiful introduction to the types of exotic animals found in the illuminated manuscripts of medieval Europe. Learn about the symbolic significance of the lion, the ox, the bear, and the dove and view numerous examples of these and...
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Illuminated Manuscripts From Belgium and the Netherlands

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights from an exhibition of painted manuscripts from the late Middle Ages. Find examples of a range of works from the time, along with audio files of commentaries from the exhibition's curators.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Imagining the Past in France: 1250 1500

For Students 9th - 10th
View highlights from an exhibition of medieval French manuscripts, whose subjects range from the religious, to the courtly, to the historical. See a slideshow (with narration) of featured works from the exhibition and sample three...
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Curated OER

Medieval Painting in the South of France

For Students 9th - 10th
This website shows through paintings, the daily life, visit of the chapels and religious life in the Southern Alps (South of France).
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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Artopia: Painting Critic: Madonna and Child Enthroned (Medieval Triptych)

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource about the triptych Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels by Giovanni dal Ponte. Includes links for more information about the triptych and artist as well as a link to "My Portfolio", a place to save or print...
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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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Berger Collection Educational Trust: Berger Art Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online home of the Berger Art Collection, which comprises two hundred works of British art and spans more than six centuries (earliest work dates from 1395), find access to information about and analysis of all the art in the...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Besides viewing the collections and exhibits at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can view the "Timeline of Art History" and other useful resources at this site.
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Harvard University

The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Tournaments and Ceremonies

For Students 9th - 10th
Note on the jousting tournament and its cultural meaning and literary representation (such as in Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale").
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Illuminated Manuscripts From Belgium and the Netherlands: Siren and Centaur

For Students 9th - 10th
Painted manuscript of a siren and centaur, about 1270.
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Curated OER

Art and Architecture: Four Paintings: Bernardo Daddi: Triptych

For Students 9th - 10th
Daddi's fourteenth-century triptych of the Virgin and Child.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Bulgaria: Boyana Church

For Students 9th - 10th
Located on the outskirts of Sofia, Boyana Church consists of three buildings. The eastern church was built in the 10th century, then enlarged at the beginning of the 13th century by Sebastocrator Kaloyan, who ordered a second two storey...
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Curated OER

Illuminated Manuscripts From Belgium and the Netherlands: Christ Blessing

For Students 9th - 10th
Christ, hand raised in a blessing, about 1440.
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Curated OER

Illuminated Manuscripts From Belgium and the Netherlands: Saint Sebastian

For Students 9th - 10th
Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, about 1535.
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Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The Cleveland Museum of Art home page offers information and news about current happenings in the art world. It also has virtual exhibits that you can view to see many different types of art.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Middle Ages for Kids: Art and Literature

For Students 3rd - 8th
From paintings, frescos, and manuscripts the middle ages was full of art and literature. This site contains information about the art and literature during the Middle Ages and Medieval times.

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