The British Museum
British Museum: Explore World Cultues: Medieval Europe
Learn about the art of medieval Europe in this historical overview and image gallery with detailed descriptions of each object, from the collection of the British Museum.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: European Paintings Collection Highlights
Explore a selection of the MFA's holdings of over 1,400 paintings from across Europe, featuring masterworks from the middle ages to the mid-twentieth century. Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 4: The Whipping Boy
This unit explores the history of the Middle Ages through the fictional tale of two unlikely friends, Price Brat and his whipping boy. The Middle Ages was defined by a strict class system in government and economy. The novel explores the...
Read Works
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.
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Tapestry Art Design: A History of Tapestries
Discover the medieval beginnings of tapestry weaving through the present day.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Gothic Art
This entry from the Artcyclopedia is mainly a listing of artists that worked in the Gothic to Late Gothic period of Art History. Some links include biographical info but all include reproductions of the artists' work.
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...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page talks about and presents images of the late middle-ages painting "Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ" by the Italian master Domenico Ghirlandaio.
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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.
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Unesco: Carcassonnne
A very complete and very user-friendly website that includes a lot of historical information (about the Cathari, the art of war in the Middle Ages, the activities in the Medieval city, etc.)
British Library
British Library: Illuminating the Page
The British Library presents "Illuminating the Page", a broad and diverse analysis of illuminated manuscripts from the middle ages. Including videos, audio, a gallery and other forms of information that give a detailed overview of this...
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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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Origins of Rock Art in Africa
Personal ornamentation and engraved designs are the earliest evidence of art in Africa and are inextricably tied up with the development of human cognition. View pictures and read about prehistoric art in Africa.
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.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Imagining the Past in France: 1250 1500
View highlights from an exhibition of medieval French manuscripts, whose subjects range from the religious, to the courtly, to the historical. See a slideshow (with narration) of featured works from the exhibition and sample three...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
Manuscript artworks accompanied by descriptions that were part of a museum art exhibit on Medieval and Renaissance food. The exhibit looked at how food was portrayed in art from those times.
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Library: The Moralized Game of Chess
The subject matter of this medieval manuscript by the friar, Jacobus de Cessolis, is interesting--looking at the game of chess from a societal standpoint. Even more interesting from the viewpoint of the history of art is the illustrated...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Focus on Rebellion: Peasant Revolts
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the European Middle Ages' peasant revolts.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Unicorn Tapestries
The mythical beast, the unicorn, was depicted in tapestries of the 15th century. This website explores the unicorn tapestries in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art through detailed images. A fun way to explore medieval art.
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Dick Blick Art Materials Castles Lesson Plan
This illustrated lesson plan could easily fit into social studies or art unit on European castles. Students create a pop-up castle with construction paper and other art materials.
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.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Chalice of the Abbot Suger of Saint Denis
Photographs of the chalice include a full screen image as well as various detail images. You will find a description of the chalice, its history as well as a biography of Abbot Suger, the exhibition history of the chalice, conservation...
University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia: Guy of Warwick
Provided by the University of British Columbia, this is a collection of images and links related to Guy of Warwick used as supplemental material in a class about printing the Middle Ages. Contains many pictures of early texts depicting...
National Library of France
Bibliotheque Nationale De France: Tresors Carolingiens (Carolingian Treasures)
All in French, but the beautiful illuminated manuscripts can be appreciated without reading the detailed explanations. Advanced French students will enjoy the audio explanations.
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