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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit and Composition: Their Eyes Were Watching God

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, which was hailed for its mastery of the southern black dialect and its artistic style and symbolism.
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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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Other

Berger Collection Educational Trust: Berger Art Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Titian

For Students 9th - 10th
Very informative article on Titian's career as an artist, his works, his styles of painting, and his influences.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Lucas Cranach the Elder

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account highlights the life and career of German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Pieter Brueghel the Elder

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life and career of 16th-century Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Brueghel the Elder.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Matthias Grunewald

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life and career of German Renaissance painter Matthias Grunewald.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Giorgio Giorgione

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account highlights the life and career of Italian Renaissance painter Giorgio Giorgione.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Bernard Palissy: Works Viewable on the Internet

For Students 9th - 10th
A link list leading to works of Palissy on the Internet.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Domenico Ghirlandaio

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life and career of Domenico Ghirlandaio, 15th-century Italian Renaissance painter.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo's "The Holy Family"

For Students 9th - 10th
The Web Gallery of Art offers this digitized image of this famous painting by Michelangelo. Includes some notes on the background of the painting and the artist's style.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Nicholas Hilliard

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life and career of Nicholas Hilliard, British artist of portrait miniatures during the Renaissance.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Malvin Gray Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on African American artist of the Harlem Renaissance Malvin Gray Johnson. In addition, an extensive listing of his works as...
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Renaissance Humanism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a overview of Renaissance humanism from the modern European intellectual history lectures. It discusses the age, the tenets of humanism, and the major personalities involved in the movement.
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Other

Amistad Digital Resource: Harlem Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Harlem Renaissance, the 1920s rebirth of African American arts centered in the Harlem neighborhood in New York City.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 2: Langston Hughes and the Blues

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore relationship between music and poetry in this African-American history lesson on Langston Hughes, the Harlem Renaissance, and other artists such as Bessie Smith, John Hammond, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Creative Space: Fifty Years of Robert Blackburn's

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site about Robert Blackburn's Printmaking workshops in existence since the 1940's. A Great bio on Blackburn as well as information on the exhibition at the Library of Congress.
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Other

Drawings of Leonardo

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of high-quality scans of drawings by the Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci. Includes anatomical drawings, mechanical drawings, studies for sculpted works, and an assortment of oddities.
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Other

Leonardo Da Vinci the Man & the Inventor

For Students 9th - 10th
An award winning site containing fantastic information on Leonardo as a man, an artist, and an inventor. You will find detailed analysis of his paintings, a section containing his drawings, articles on his life, designs for many machines...
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Bruegel, Pieter the Elder

For Students 9th - 10th
Link to images of Pieter Bruegel the Elder's most famous paintings including "The Blind Leading the Blind."
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Durer, Albrecht

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical history with links to images of his works including "The Four Holy Men." Also contains information on his high regard in Germany as an artist and offers interpretation of several of his paintings and his style.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Titian and the Late Renaissance in Venice

For Students 9th - 10th
6 colorful images from Titian during the Italian Renaissance. Click on each image to find a brief description and analysis. Also has one image from Paris Bordone.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Raphael

For Students 9th - 10th
6 colorful images from Raphael. Click on each to find a brief explanation and analysis as well as details from the painting.
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Curated OER

Madonna Litta

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a collection of 25 paintings by Renaissance-era master painters, including more than a dozen of Leonardo's most famous works. Paintings are accompanied by links to explanations of the artistic problems and puzzles that fascinated...