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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Italian Painting of the Later Middle Ages: Fresco

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this is a description of fresco painting, how it was done and examples of it in Italian Painting of the Later Middle Ages.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Middle Ages the Knighthood

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the process of becoming a knight during the Middle Ages. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Fashion in the Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
The attire donned by individuals during the Middle Ages were more than simple fashion statements. They were much more important statements of wealth and social hierarchy.
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Other

K 3 Learning pages.com: Web Resources: Middle Ages

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discover the Middle Ages through this comprehensive site. Offers lesson plans, art, projects, facts, research reports and more.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
Fully illustrated blog about the art of medieval draftsmen shown in a special exhibition at the Metropolitan in 2009. Includes access to exhibition images, written assessments of important themes in medieval works on parchment, and...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Medieval Art: A Resource for Educators

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Find resources highlighting medieval art in the Museum's collection from Western Europe and Byzantium. This also provides strategies for teaching art of the Middle Ages.
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University of Calgary

University of Calgary: The End of Europe's Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
This useful tutorial includes information about the economy, feudalism, the Holy Roman Empire and other important topics pertaining to Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a time of transition in European history. Easy to...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Two Angels

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this late middle-ages fresco painting of "Two Angels" is described and presented with an enlargable image. Also included are links to related topics.
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Islamic Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Islamic art of the middle east in this historical overview with accompanying image gallery of relevant object images from the British Museum collection.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Renaissance Renaissance Art

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about changes in art during the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Eat, Drink, & Be Merry: Food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Illuminated Manuscripts From Belgium and the Netherlands

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights from an exhibition of painted manuscripts from the late Middle Ages. Find examples of a range of works from the time, along with audio files of commentaries from the exhibition's curators.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is a Butt Tuba and Why Is It in Medieval Art?

For Students 9th - 10th
A rabbit attempts to play a church organ, while a knight fights a giant snail and a naked man blows a trumpet with his rear end. These bizarre images, painted with squirrel-hair brushes on vellum or parchment by monks, nuns and urban...
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Other

Loyola University Maryland: Medieval Sights and Sounds

For Students 9th - 10th
A multimedia collection of resources to enhance studying the Middle Ages. Find several images and sound bits.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Middle Ages for Kids: Art and Literature

For Students 3rd - 8th
From paintings, frescos, and manuscripts the middle ages was full of art and literature. This site contains information about the art and literature during the Middle Ages and Medieval times.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: European Paintings Collection Highlights

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore a selection of the MFA's holdings of over 1,400 paintings from across Europe, featuring masterworks from the middle ages to the mid-twentieth century. Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 4: The Whipping Boy

For Teachers 4th Standards
This unit explores the history of the Middle Ages through the fictional tale of two unlikely friends, Price Brat and his whipping boy. The Middle Ages was defined by a strict class system in government and economy. The novel explores the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art History: Medieval Europe + Byzantine

For Students 9th - 10th
A course on art history of medieval Europe, early Christian art, Byzantine art, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic. Should be cross-checked against videos and smarthistory.org.
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Other

Tapestry Art Design: A History of Tapestries

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the medieval beginnings of tapestry weaving through the present day.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Unicorn Tapestries

For Students 9th - 10th
The mythical beast, the unicorn, was depicted in tapestries of the 15th century. This website explores the unicorn tapestries in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art through detailed images. A fun way to explore medieval art.
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Art and Architecture: Four Paintings: Bernardo Daddi: Triptych

For Students 9th - 10th
Description and analysis of Daddi's fourteenth-century triptych.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: A Brief History of Western Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
History is divided into time periods in order to better understand the culture and characteristics of that time. Read a brief description of the art and culture of historical time periods in this introductory article.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page talks about and presents images of the late middle-ages painting "Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ" by the Italian master Domenico Ghirlandaio.
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Unesco: Carcassonnne

For Students 9th - 10th
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.)

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