Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: High Renaissance Artists
A chronological listing of artists from the High Renaissance. This list covers the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Works of art and biographies available with each name.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Langston Hughes
This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: World History
A landing page for the World History course. See AP World History above. We have 39 for World History and there is more. See notes below for info on each section of course. Should be cross-checked against embedded videos.
Other
Scot Clans: Scottish History
Step back in time and explore Scotland's history through a series of timelines, charting events from ancient times, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, up until today. Read about the country's mysterious beginnings, its contact with...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Maiolica: History, Function, and Production
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...
Library of Congress
Loc: Today in History: February 1: Victor Herbert and Langston Hughes
This section of Today in History tells about the lives of Victor Herbert and Langston Hughes and gives links to pertinent historical primary materials relating to them.
BBC
Bbc History: Historic Figures: William Shakespeare (1564 1616)
Brief biography of playwright William Shakespeare, including personal information and life as a poet and actor.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History; Adam and Eve
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the German Renaissance engraving "Adam and Eve" by Albrecht Durer, with a description and images from the book.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: American Culture in the 1920s
The First World War had a crippling effect on any notions of positivity in the artists, writers, and intellectuals of that time and they became known as the Lost Generation. This page discusses this group of people, the emergence of jazz...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Quiz: Northern Renaissance
Kids take a quiz or WebQuest on Renaissance - Northern Renaissance.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Thomas Campion
Extensive, detailed biography of Thomas Campion from the "Cambridge History of English and American Literature."
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Thomas Campion
A survey of Campion's works from the Cambridge History of English and American Literature. Includes link to an essay on his prosody.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Elizabethan Criticism
A discussion of Thomas Campion's literary criticism from the Elizabethan period. From the Cambridge History of English and American Literature.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: John Skelton's "Phyllyp Sparowe"
This Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry is part two in a discussion of the life and work of John Skelton leading up to his poem "Phyllyp Sparowe."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Walk Through Harlem: Finding Their Voice
African Americans in the 1920's had a new attitude. In this video segment from A Walk through Harlem, learn about the Harlem Renaissance. [0:59]
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Gargantua and Pantagruel
This site is from a lecture in modern European intellectual history at The History Guide and gives a brief overview of Francois Rabelais along with an excerpt from his famous work, "Gargantua and Pantagruel."
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Johannes Gutenberg
History for Kids features the history of Johannes Guttenberg a German goldsmith, printer and publisher who is best known for developing a Movable Type for printing. Includes worksheets, activities and quizzes.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance influenced not only African American culture in the Jazz Age, but all of American culture. Read about some of the shining stars of African American literature and music of the age.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Italy History and Timeline Overview
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Italy including the Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Renaissance, Catholicism, World War II, and current events on this site.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Zora Neale Hurston
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Zora Neale Hurston, an American folklorist and writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance who celebrated the African American culture of the rural South. This...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Romanticism
This site from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook provides great information on the Renaissance. No text on this page, but a series of links from roots of Romanticism, to Romantic philosophy, to Romanticism in the Arts.
Oswego City School District
Oswego City School District: The Commercial Revolution
Read here about the time in European history leading into the Renaissance. It is known as the Commercial Revolution, or the emergence of trade, capitalism and working class parties, and unions.
Other
Birmingham Museum of Art
This is the website of the Birmingham Museum of Art with its nationally recognized collections of art. With a virtual reality tour of its galleries and departmental highlights, the Birmingham Museum of Art makes it easy to explore its...
Curated OER
Statutes of the Order of Saint Michael
The Library of Congress presents the "Political and cultural history of France from 1498 to 1661..." France's Renaissance, eight civil wars, and the Bourbons. Also click on "The Rise and Fall of the Absolute Monarchy," for history from...