Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Dante's Divine Comedy in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Art
Because of Dante's image-driven descriptions in "Divine Comedy", many artists have sought to illustrate his text through a wide variety of media. This essay will look at two outstanding examples of how Dante's words fed the creative...
British Library
British Library: The Priceless Lindisfarne Gospels
A page-through exploration of the duly famous Lindisfarne gospels, an extraordinary illuminated manuscript of the seventh century. Includes helpful commentaries, which can be read or listened to, and a magnifying glass for looking at the...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Late Gothic Painting
Learn about artists of the Late Gothic Period and see many examples of their work. Hieronymus Bosch is among the artists explored at this site.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Vasari Lives of the Artists
This wonderful site from the Fordham University indexes selections from the great writer Vasari and his major work on the lives of Renaissance artists. The text is translated into English and a bibliograpy is provided for further research.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts: Al Razi
Short biography of al-Razi, an Islamic "physician learned in philosophy as well as music and alchemy." Includes images of excerpts from his written works.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Middle Ages: Arts & Entertainment
Description of the entertainment that occurred during the Middle Ages. Types of instruments and involvement in religious life discussed.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Cathedral and the Riot of 1210
This site, which is provided for by the Fordham University, details the turbulent times in Chartres history.
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Artopia: Painting Critic: Madonna and Child Enthroned (Medieval Triptych)
Resource about the triptych Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels by Giovanni dal Ponte. Includes links for more information about the triptych and artist as well as a link to "My Portfolio", a place to save or print...
University of Pittsburgh
Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture
On this website you can find a definition and a picture of a barrel vault and tunnel vault.
British Library
British Library: Bodies of Knowledge
Series of illustrated essays on the different ways that the human body has been represented in art and science across history considers medieval astrology, the ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture, Vitruvius's notion of body symmetry,...
Yale University
Yale: The Illusion of the Renaissance
A curriculum unit on perspective, detailing the differences between medieval and Renaissance art. This is designed as a studio art course for 8th grade through high school, and contains some good information and activities. Illustrations...
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...
Other
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.)
Luminarium
Luminarium: Middle English Lyrics
This website provides links to full texts of Middle English song lyrics, which are illustraed with illuminated manuscript art and fully annotated. Links to essays, articles, and related resources.
Other
Saint John's University: The Saint John's Bible
A demonstration of the art of a twenty-first-century calligrapher working in the medieval tradition of manuscript illumination, the Saint John's Bible is an artist-made version of the of sacred scriptures of Judaism and Christianity....
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: A Prelude to Beowulf
Before reading the Anglo-Saxon epic poem, "Beowulf," young scholars should explore the Dark Ages through researching the fundamental characteristics of the art and literature produced during this period. This website provides links for...
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Shakespeare's Life and Times
This resource deals with Shakespeare's life, society, drama, art, music, politics and history of that time. The full text to many of Shakespeare's plays is also included.
Smart History
Smarthistory: The Golden Haggadah
Features a description of the Haggadah which is used to tell the story of Passover around the Seder table each year, in particular, the Golden Haggadah, which is one of the most lavishly decorated medieval Haggadot. With links to...
Curated OER
Art and Architecture: Four Paintings: Bernardo Daddi: Triptych
Daddi's fourteenth-century triptych of the Virgin and Child.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Eat, Drink, & Be Merry: Food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance [Pdf]
A booklet that accompanied a museum art exhibit on Medieval and Renaissance food. The exhibit looked at how food was portrayed in manuscript art from those times.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja)
The art of medieval India, like the art of medieval Europe, was primarily in the service of religion. The supple and expressive quality of the dancing Shiva is one of the touchstones of South Asian, and indeed, world sculpture. View...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Key Concepts: Development of New Trading Cities
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the development of medieval trading cities.
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Khan Academy: About Chronological Periods in the Islamic World
Studying the Art of the Islamic world is challenging, partially because of the large geographic and chronological scope of Islam. In order to simplify the study of Islamic Art, it has been divided into chronological periods: Early,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Key Concepts: Financial Institutions
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of medieval financial institutions.
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