Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Test Your Knowledge of Gothic Art (Quiz)
How much do you know about Gothic art? Find out by answering this seven-question true/false and multiple-choice questions. Check each answer before moving to the next question. Hints are available for each question.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Hours of Jeanne D'evreux
Examine a book of hours, or prayer book, made for French queen Jeanne d'Evreux in the early 14th century at this Metropolitan Museum site. Illustrations, closeups, and explanatory annotations populate the site, which is especially...
Library of Congress
Loc: A Video Selection of Illuminated Manuscripts
A video selection of various medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, including bibles and books of hours.
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Berger Collection Educational Trust: Berger Art Collection
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...
The British Museum
British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Byzantine Empire
Learn about the art of the Byzantine empire in this historical overview and image gallery with detailed descriptions, from the collection of the British Museum.
University of Washington
University of Washington: Historical Book Arts
Learn about various aspects of the traditional art of bookmaking from the binding, printing and illustrations, to the papers used. These galleries and descriptions are a complete resource on this topic.
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Henry Davis Consulting: Index of Early Medieval Maps
This site from Henry Davis Consulting provides hand drawn maps of the world from Early Medieval times. Very interesting to see.
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Sweet Briar College: Art History Resources on the Web: Early Medival Art
This resource provides links to examples of and resources on the art and architecture of the early medieval period.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Distorting Madonna in Medieval Art
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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Loyola University Maryland: Medieval Sights and Sounds
A multimedia collection of resources to enhance studying the Middle Ages. Find several images and sound bits.
University of Pittsburgh
Univ. Of Pitt: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture
Here at the University of Pittsburgh is a definition, a list of parts, and a diagram for an arch.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Key Concepts: Medieval Muslim Societies
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of Medieval Muslim Societies.
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Utah Valley State College: Anglo Saxon Art and Architecture
Illustrated notes on Anglo-Saxon art and architecture, particularly jewelry, prepared for a university-level course on Anglo-Saxon language, literature, and culture.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Decoding Anglo Saxon Art
In Anglo-Saxon art there is always more than meets the eye. The dense animal patterns that cover many Anglo-Saxon objects are not just pretty decoration; they have multi-layered symbolic meanings and tell stories. View examples of their...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ottonian Art (Quiz)
How much do you know about Ottonian art? Find out by answering this eight-question multiple-choice quiz. Check each answer before moving to the next question. Hints are available for each question.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Decoding Anglo Saxon Art
One of the most enjoyable things about working with the British Museum's Anglo-Saxon collection is having the opportunity to study the intricate designs of the many brooches, buckles, and other pieces of decorative metalwork. This is...
University of Pittsburgh
Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture
Here is a definition and a picture of an ogee or ogive arch.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Les Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry (Book of the Hours)
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...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Experiencing Medieval Literature
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Alhambra
The Alhambra in Granada, Spain, is distinct among Medieval palaces for its sophisticated planning, complex decorative programs, and its many enchanting gardens and fountains. View pictures and read descriptions of this example of Islamic...
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Medieval Painting in the South of France
This website shows through paintings, the daily life, visit of the chapels and religious life in the Southern Alps (South of France).
National Library of France
National Library of France: Beastiary in Medieval Illumination
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...
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: The Murthly Hours
Browse pages from the Murthly Hours, a kind of prayer book popular in medieval Europe, with many, many illuminated illustrations depicting scenes from the Hebrew and Christian scriptures.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts, Grade 12: Hero
Students explore the essential qualities of a leader and/or hero and the journey required for someone to become one. They consider how Anglo-Saxon and medieval writings have influenced the concept of modern-day heroes in literature....
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