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Museum of El Prado: The Burial of Count Orgaz

For Students 9th - 10th
The Museum of El Prado offers a picture of the El Greco's most famous painting "The Burial of Count Orgaz" accompanied by a brief background description of the painting.
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The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Dirk Bouts the Entombment

For Students 9th - 10th
This audio analysis of Dirk Bouts' painting reveals his unique style of painting and explains why it is so rare.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Selma Burke

For Students 9th - 10th
Selma Burke discovered her love for sculpture as a young child and followed her passion to Harlem Renaissance New York, Parisian art studios, and even the White House.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Maiolica: History, Function, and Production

For Students 9th - 10th
The presence of tin in a glaze makes the glaze less likely to run or blur when the painted ceramic piece is heated in a kiln. Artists took advantage of this quality and used tin glazes for making pottery with finely detailed, painted...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Development of English Drama

For Students 9th - 10th
When presented with the problem of hoards of illiterate commoners, English clergymen in the 11th century created plays to spread word about the Bible. Eventually, the plays moved out of the church and into the streets. Mindy Ploeckelmann...
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Artemisia Gentileschi

For Students 9th - 10th
A post-Renaissance painter, Artemisia Gentileschi was the only woman of her time to consistently and successfully tackle religious and historical scenarios on canvas. Use this resource to learn about her famous paintings as well as her...
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Museum of Science

Museum of Science: Welcome to Exploring Leonardo

For Students 9th - 10th
At this resource, learn all about Leonardo da Vinci. Visuals of his work, ideas for activities and investigation. Additional links and lesson ideas for teachers.
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Virtual Uffizi Gallery: Take a Virtual Tour of the Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
See the artwork located in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. This resource brings the images to you. Just click on the room or topic and see background information and a link to the image.
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Southern Methodist University: Bridwell Library: Works of Albrecht Durer

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition of seventy prints by German-born artist Albrecht Durer demonstrates his skill as an artist and engraver. With many examples of his religious subjects and portraits.
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National Library of France

National Library of France: Jean Fouquet: The King's Painter

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit presenting the work of Jean Fouquet, the official painter of kings Charles VII and Louis XI. Organized into five sections through which you can learn about Fouquet's techniques, subject matter, and development of...
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Sur Les Traces De Bernard Palissy

For Students 9th - 10th
An entire issue of a museum magazine in French (Conseil des Musees Popitou Charentes) that discusses Palissy's work and includes many illustrations.
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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum: Leonardo: Experiment, Experience, Design

For Students 9th - 10th
A media-rich examination of Leonardo's work that includes a timeline of the artist's life, animations of his drawings that attempt to unlock something of the genius in his thinking, up-close details from his notebooks, thematic looks at...
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Musei Capitolini: Museum History

For Students 9th - 10th
This museum is one of many under the umbrella of Rome City Council. It is also the oldest public museum in the world, having been established in 1471. Throughout the site, there is extensive information about its history and collections,...
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Paris Manuscript H

For Students 9th - 10th
This gallery of 22 excerpts from Leonardo's notebooks is accompanied by historical information and links to additional explorations of his interests in the forces of nature, light and vision, and imagination and invention. The drawings...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Dissecting Botticelli's Adoration of the Magi

For Students 9th - 10th
The scene of the three wise men offering gifts to a newborn Jesus was widely painted during the Renaissance era, so how did painter Sandro Botticelli create a version that's still well known today? James Earle describes who and what set...
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Michelangelo's Pieta

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a beautiful digital image of Michelangelo's "Pieta."
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Philosophy Pages

Philosophy Pages: Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 1527)

For Students 9th - 10th
This short biography of Machiavelli includes a color portrait, links to more information about important ideas, and recommended primary and secondary sources.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
Ibiblio WebMuseum offers a detailed biography of Michelangelo and links to some of his famous paintings including The Sistine Chapel.
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Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Gentile Bellini

For Students 9th - 10th
Olga's Gallery on Gentile Bellini (1429-1507 CE). There are nine images with a biography of the artist.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Gentile Bellini (1429 1507 Ce)

For Students 9th - 10th
A good, informative site with biographical information, links to museums with the artist's work and magazine articles.
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The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Teacher's Notes Titian

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
These notes provide useful background information about the featured painting 'Bacchus and Ariadne' and the artist as well as some suggestions on using the painting in the primary classroom, ideas for activities and cross-curricular links.
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Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Raphael

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth biography of Raphael from Olga's Gallery including his style and links to his works one being "Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de Medici and Luigi de Rossi."
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Library of Congress

Loc: Al Hirschfeld, Beyond Broadway

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition site from the Library of Congress examining artist Al Hirschfeld's extensive career. There are quality images and extensive background information about Hirschfeld.
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Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Web Exhibits: Investigating Bellini's "Feast of the Gods"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provided for by WebExhibits.org describes, Giovanni Bellini's canvas of "Feast of the Gods." Technical innovations in conservation science over the last 50 years have enabled specialists to obtain X-ray, infrared and...

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