Newberry Library learning module uses primary source material of Shakespeare in a lesson on how Renaissance writers and artists portrayed European exploration of America. Students read excerpts from works of Renaissance literature to...

This art card game is similar to "Gin Rummy" where players collect sets of three. The game's purpose is to recall art and artists from the three Renaissance periods (proto, early, and high).

A superb online collection of Leonardo's art. View many of his masterworks at this site, along with drawings, paintings, and inventions. Each reproduction includes a short commentary. A detailed biography is included, with embedded links...

An online exhibit of representative art from the Harlem Renaissance.

Information about Leonardo da Vinci's observations of the natural world. An insightful commentary on the scientific achievements of the Renaissance.

This is a four slide-show examination of the pictorial series that the Harlem Renaissance artist Jacob Lawrence created in paint to tell the story of the "The Great Migration" of African-Americans from the Southern United States to the...

This website from the Web Gallery of Art provides a biography of Jan van Eyck (1390-1441), the recognized master of Flemish art during the Renaissance. Site provides links to his work.

Biographical summary of the life and career of Italian Renaissance painter Allesandro Botticelli.

Olga's Gallery on Michelangelo. There are 71 images with a biography of the artists. This is a great site on Michelangelo!

Biographical account highlights the life and career of German portraitist artist Hans Holbein.

Biographical account covers the life and career of Romare Bearden, African-American painter who worked in many different types of media.