Feature one famous artist a month with a series of portraits, biographies, and examples of their gallery. With masters such as Augustus Rodin, Francisco Goya, and Michelangelo, the resource provides opportunities every month for kids to...

This site explains how the Platonic tradition was revived in Italian Renaissance humanism. It presents an analysis of Ancient Greece and Plato's thought, and then describes how his ideas were adapted to fit humanistic teaching. It also...

This site contains information on how Italian Renaissance architecture found its roots in the ancient world, the principles it rested on, and some key figures in its development.

This World Heritage website features Ferrara, a focal point for the Italian Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries. Ferrara is known as well as the place where modern town planning began. Found here are a description, a map,...

A description of life in Florence, Italy during the Renaissance, the emergence of humanist thought, and of how the Renaissance got its start in Italy. The Lorenzo de Medici's important role as a patron of the arts in Florence is...

Brief class notes on the Italian Renaissance, Also includes notes on Neoclassicism, Italian staging and Commedia dell'Arte

A look at the rebirth of the Renaissance in the context of five interrelated issues: a renewed interest in classical antiquity and the concept of "the Great Chain of Being", political changes, Humanism, the literary doctrine of...

This World Heritage website features Florence, a focal point for the Italian Renaissance. Found here are a description, a map, documents, many photos, a video on its significance, and any indicators of threats to its preservation.

This World Heritage website features Urbino, an important center for a short time during the Italian Renaissance that has been largely preserved. Found here are a description, links, maps, documentation, photos, and a video on its history.

This brief ibiblio.org article provides an overview of the key painters of the Renaissance in Italy. The artists and their major works are the key focus here and while further links on them are available, but you will not find anything...

This site from ibiblio.com explains the Renaissance, not only as a time period, but as how it changed thought, writing, and art throughout Europe. See links to Renaissance in Italy, Germany and Netherlands.

Provides a detailed look at the Renaissance movement. Content includes a focus on important Renaissance political leaders, religious figures, authors, artists, scientists, philosophers, and composers.

A discusion of the Platonic Tradition and its rebirth during the Italian Renaissance. Also mentions humanism, Aristotle and Marsilio Ficino.

Discusses all aspects of European Renaissance including the artists of Italian high renaissance. Links to the renaissance movement in the Netherlands, Germany and France.

This site gives a comparison of Italian Renaissance literary artists, including drama. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around 1910.

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.

Complete discussion of Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance artist. Discusses his life, his impact on the art world, his political views of the times, and his influence on society. Explanation of works, additional links to other great artists.

An Italian site containing a comprehensive biography of artist Michelangelo. Also includes images of some of his paintings.

Can you define the "Renaissance?" Check out this informative website to learn more. From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a definition and background of the Renaissance from its beginnings in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Easy-to-read short biography of Titian citing his background and his accomplishments. Part of a school project for 8th graders.

A listing, with links, of some of the artists associated with The High Renaissance art.

This site has biographical information for Machiavelli (1469-1527 CE), the political philosopher during the Italian Renaissance.

Artcyclopedia provides a biography of Michelangelo, celebrated artist of the Renaissance. The resource features links to famous works at museums around the world, articles, and other resources.

View fifty selected pieces from the Robert Lehman Collection of European art, which features paintings, drawings, and works of decorative art from the Italian and Northern Renaissance up through the twentieth century. An excellent survey...