Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Renaissance and Baroque Art
Art of the Baroque period of the 17th century embodied a dynamic energy that mirrored the restless spirit of its age. In painting, dramatic images of faith driven by the Catholic Church's Counter-Reformation contrast with lively...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Farnese Hercules
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the Renaissance engraving of the "Farnese Hercules" by the transplanted Dutchamn to italy Jacob Bos in the 16th century; with a description and images of the engraving.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Giorgione
This art museum site offers an enlarged image of "The Tempest."
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History; Farnese Hercules
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the Renaissance engraving of the "Farnese Hercules" by Hendrick Goltzius of the 16th century; with a description and images of the engraving.
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.
Other
Museum of El Prado: The Burial of Count Orgaz
The Museum of El Prado offers a picture of the El Greco's most famous painting "The Burial of Count Orgaz" accompanied by a brief background description of the painting.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Leonardo Da Vinci
Biographical information about Leonardo da Vinci, along with brief discussions of his style and famous works. Includes fast-loading reproductions of many of Leonardo's most famous works, including "The Last Supper," the "Mona Lisa," "The...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline Art History; The Birth of the Virgin
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the early Renaissance painting by Fra Carnevale "The Birth of the Virgin" from 1467, with a description and images of the piece.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline Art History; Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the Renaissance book with illustrated engravings "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Poliphilo's Dream about the Strife of Love)" by Francesco Colonna, with a description and images from the...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the Renaissance engraving "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Composite of Corinthian and Ionic" from the mid 1500s, with a description and images from the book.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Raphael
Detailed biography on the famous Italian painter Raphael who lived during the high Italian Renaissance. Discusses his influences by other artists, his works, and links to images of them.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Hours of Jeanne D'evreux Jean Pucelle
This resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art provides information about The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, ca. 1324-1328, folios from the illuminated manuscripts.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Michelangelo
Ibiblio WebMuseum offers a detailed biography of Michelangelo and links to some of his famous paintings including The Sistine Chapel.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
Manuscript artworks accompanied by descriptions that were part of a museum art exhibit on Medieval and Renaissance food. The exhibit looked at how food was portrayed in art from those times.
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: The Tudors
A look into life in England, Wales, and Ireland during the rule of the Tudor family. Website includes PowerPoints about the War of the Roses, Aston Halls, and the Tudors family tree.
Curated OER
Unesco: Belgium: Plantin Moretus House Workshops Museum Complex
The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing plant and publishing house dating from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Situated in Antwerp, one of the three leading cities of early European printing along with Paris and Venice, it is...