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Birmingham Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the website of the Birmingham Museum of Art with its nationally recognized collections of art. With a virtual reality tour of its galleries and departmental highlights, the Birmingham Museum of Art makes it easy to explore its...
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PBS

Pbs: Language Arts: Lesson Plans: Language Arts: Shakespeare's Sonnets

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this lesson is to help students cope with unfamiliar language in Shakespeare's sonnets and to help them understand and appreciate both what he says and how he says it.
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Library of Congress

Loc: A Video Selection of Illuminated Manuscripts

For Students 9th - 10th
A video selection of various medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, including bibles and books of hours.
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Smart History

Smarthistory: Michelangelo: Last Judgment: Sistine Chapel

For Students 9th - 10th
Art history and culture website teaches us with great detail and depth of analysis about Michelangelo's High Renaissance work, Last Judgment fresco that appears in the Sistine Chapel. With video [7:29], informational text and images of...
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Giorgione

For Students 9th - 10th
This art museum site offers an enlarged image of "The Tempest."
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Online Historical Fencing Manuals & Texts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Links to historical fighting manuals and analysis of these manuals. Intriguing reading for those with an interest in Renaissance fighting techniques.
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The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

For Students 9th - 10th
The Hermitage is home to vast collections of art and artifacts dating from paleolithic times and continuing forward into the present day. With a variety of search capabilities, zoom and panoramic features, analytical discussions, and...
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: Art Periods: Cubism

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed history and explanation of the ideologies behind cubism. Lots of cubism links as well.
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British Library

British Library: Illuminating the Renaissance: Flemish Manuscripts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A selection of high-quality images from the Flemish manuscripts in the British Library along with a timeline of contemporary European events.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Parmigianino

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes images of some of Parmigianino's most famous paintings including "Madonna with the Long Neck." It includes a biography of the artist.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Kfki Campus: Paintings in Rome by Rafaello

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the KFKI Campus provides a listing of works by Raffaello. Each work can be clicked on to provided a large sized image. Among these works is a picture of Pope Leo X with two cardinals. A biography of Raffaello is also...
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Tempest by Giorgione

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a reproduction of Giorgione's famous painting, "Tempest". Information about the subject of the painting is also provided.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: The High Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
A listing, with links, of some of the artists associated with The High Renaissance art.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Part C: Fibonacci Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
Look at an interesting application of ratios that demonstrates the amazing patterns that emerge when we examine mathematics. The Fibonacci numbers are found in art, music, and nature.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: A Brief History of Western Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
History is divided into time periods in order to better understand the culture and characteristics of that time. Read a brief description of the art and culture of historical time periods in this introductory article.
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University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Notes on Imitation and Forgery

For Students 9th - 10th
A site from the University of Michigan on various types of forgery in art from the Renaissance period to today. This site also covers website forgery and the internet.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Northern Renaissance

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids take a quiz or WebQuest on Renaissance - Northern Renaissance.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Renaissance: Florentine Art and Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Learner.org illustrates the inner and outer workings of Renaissance art and architecture in the Italian city of Florence. It also provides an example by noting some works by Michelangelo and Botticelli.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Renaissance for Kids: Medici Family

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Medici Family of the Renaissance. They were leaders of the city of Florence and supporters of the arts and humanism.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Renaissance for Kids: Elizabethan Era

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Elizabethan Era including the English Renaissance, theatre, arts, clothing, fashion, and fun facts.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: History: Renaissance for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
Kids learn about the events and timeline of the European Renaissance in history on this site. Learn about the rebirth in science, art, philosophy, and literature.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Hours of Jeanne D'evreux Jean Pucelle

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art provides information about The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, ca. 1324-1328, folios from the illuminated manuscripts.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Popes in the 12th 18th Centuries

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographies of the Popes governing the Roman Catholic Church in the 12th-18th centuries. Entries range from minimal to very extensive.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Self Portraits With the Touch of a Finger [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
For this lesson, students will explore self-portraiture by looking at classical portrait paintings, such as Diego Velazquez's La Infanta Margarita or Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. A close look at these works reveals...

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