Boise State University
European History: The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
This site contains indexed material on Jacob Burckhardt's "The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy." His work is considered the apex of cultural history about the Renaissance period and should provide valuable information for the...
PBS
Pbs: Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance
Learn about the Renaissance period and its cultural leaders, the Medici family. Take an interactive tour of Florence and use the interactive timeline to understand the course of the Renaissance through the centuries. Uses popups.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap European: The Renaissance
AP European History learning module on the Renaissance.
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Read Works: The Renaissance Renaissance Art
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about changes in art during the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Music in the Renaissance
Learn how the political, religious and economic changes in Europe during the Renaissance affected the music of the period. A slide show introduces viewers to a variety of instruments which were developed in conjunction with the new music.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: The Renaissance and the Age of Exploration
Unit with learning materials for teachers and students tells the story of the Italian and Northern Renaissance and the exploration around the globe. Includes PowerPoint, videos, unit guide and primary sources.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: The Renaissance, 1300 1600
Find a selection of readings to enhance teaching humanism and the Italian Renaissance and follow up with some of the questions available through MIT.
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Read Works: The Renaissance Renaissance Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the changes in writing and poetry during the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Renaissance Florence During the Renaissance
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Florence, Italy during the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Renaissance Introduction to the Renaissance
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
City University of New York
Cuny: General Characteristics of the Renaissance
A look at the rebirth of the Renaissance in the context of five interrelated issues: a renewed interest in classical antiquity and the concept of "the Great Chain of Being", political changes, Humanism, the literary doctrine of...
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Illuminating the Renaissance
Through four different "looking closer" tools you can get an in-depth discovery of a well-known manuscript from the Renaissance.
Other
Eugene School District: The Renaissance Begins [Pdf]
Chapter 28 of a middle school textbook on world history (7 pages). It explains how the Renaissance began in Italy, and the differences between classical, medieval, and Renaissance art. It discusses the expanding world of trade and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: World History: The Renaissance and Protestant Reformation
Comprehensive learning module on Renaissance and Reformation explores its evolution, culture, contirbutions and conflict. Complete set of multi-media course resources.
United Nations
Unesco: Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and Its Po Delta
This World Heritage website features Ferrara, a focal point for the Italian Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries. Ferrara is known as well as the place where modern town planning began. Found here are a description, a map,...
Yale University
Yale: The Illusion of the Renaissance
A curriculum unit on perspective, detailing the differences between medieval and Renaissance art. This is designed as a studio art course for 8th grade through high school, and contains some good information and activities. Illustrations...
Other
Italian renaissance.org: Basic Ideas of the Renaissance
Basic information about the Renaissance. Looks at Early Renaissance, High Renaissance, painting, and sculpture. Touches upon humanism.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: The Renaissance
Here is an interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is The Renaissance.
British Library
British Library: Illuminating the Renaissance: Flemish Manuscripts
A selection of high-quality images from the Flemish manuscripts in the British Library along with a timeline of contemporary European events.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum: Style Guide: Renaissance
An examination of Renaissance style, as it was practiced in England. See examples of Renaissance architecture, furniture, and designs and learn about the motifs that characterize this style of ornamentation. Also learn about the role...
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Renaissance and Baroque Art
Art of the Baroque period of the 17th century embodied a dynamic energy that mirrored the restless spirit of its age. In painting, dramatic images of faith driven by the Catholic Church's Counter-Reformation contrast with lively...
Library of Congress
Loc: Transition From Renaissance Dance to Baroque Dance
Overview of dance in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. It includes the changes dance forms underwent, description of English Country Dance.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Renaissance
A description of what the Renaissance was with links to examples to a number of different paintings from that era.
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Read Works: The Renaissance Renaissance: The Spread of Ideas
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the fall of the Byzantine Empire and the invention of the printing press. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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