Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the Renaissance engraving "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Composite of Corinthian and Ionic" from the mid 1500s, with a description and images from the book.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Nouveau
This site contains information on Art Nouveau in great detail. Find out what this term means, and how this "new art" adapted from old styles.
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Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna
This beautiful and historic museum houses maninly European art. Highlights include Renaissance and Baroque paintings from Italy, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Germany.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: The Harlem Renaissance
This site has a list of fifteen artists from the movement with links to images in various museums.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Giorgione and the High Renaissance in Venice
7 full-color images from Italian Renaissance artists. Three of the works are from Giorgione. Click on each to find a short explanation and analysis.
Ducksters
Ducksters: History: Renaissance Art for Kids
Kids learn about Renaissance art including painting and sculpture on this site. Explore what makes this art unique like realism and perspective.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: La Renaissance
Discusses all aspects of European Renaissance including the artists of Italian high renaissance. Links to the renaissance movement in the Netherlands, Germany and France.
Smithsonian Institution
Anacostia Museum: The Renaissance: Black Art of the Twenties
Provides an informative description of the "Black Arts of the Twenties," which was better known as the Harlem Renaissance. Learn about the culture, art, music, and writings of this period.
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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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Extra! Extra! Harlem Renaissance Tribune
From writing with Langston Hughes to dancing with Bojangles, explore 1920-30 Harlem and publish a newspaper about the arts and entertainment of this cultural renaissance that brought new energy and sound to the world.
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English Renaissance of Art: Oscar Wilde
Reprinted from essays and lectures by Oscar Wilde. Discusses the characteristics of the English Renaissance of Art.
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.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: African American Art
The Art Institute of Chicago's collection of African American art provides a rich introduction to over 100 years of noted achievements in painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Ranging chronologically from the Civil War era to the Harlem...
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Amistad Digital Resource: Harlem Renaissance
Read about the Harlem Renaissance, the 1920s rebirth of African American arts centered in the Harlem neighborhood in New York City.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: The Holy Family
This site from the Web Gallery of Art provides a digitized image of this famous painting by Michelangelo. Includes some notes on the background of the painting and the artist's style. A link to a page containing a biography about...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Beauford Delaney
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Beauford Delaney is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his association with the Harlem Renaissance and his portraits of African Americans.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Masaccio
This site from the Web Gallery of Art provides a biographical sketch on Masaccio, "the first great painter of the Italian Renaissance." Includes link to related information and to examples of Massacio's artwork.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Mannerism
Artlex.com defines and describes mannerism in European art between 1520 and 1600 with examples by Michelangelo, El Greco, and others. Features links to related artists, concepts, terms, and examples.
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Coastal Carolina University: Ashes2 Art Projects
Detailed descriptions of three projects done by Coastal Carolina University students that combine art history, archeology, graphic design, web design, and digital photography. The projects are a collaboration between other universities...
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Representations of the Pieta
Did you know Michelangelo created several pietas? "Pieta" is an Italian word used to describe an image of the Virgin Mary mourning her dead son. The Web Gallery of Art showcases multiple reproductions of Michelangelo's works on this...
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The Florence Art Guide: Filippo Brunelleschi
This site displays both a biography and several works of art of the great Florentine Renaissance architect and sculptor. Links are provided that go into greater detail about the works and the history of his time.
University of Chicago
University of Chicago: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
Printed images of the major architectural monuments and sculptures of ancient Rome spread knowledge of classical antiquity throughout Europe. The "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (the "Mirror of Roman Magnificence") represents a...
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.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Titian and the Late Renaissance in Venice
6 colorful images from Titian during the Italian Renaissance. Click on each image to find a brief description and analysis. Also has one image from Paris Bordone.
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