Smarthistory article explores the relationship between Dante and the visual arts and how the Divine Comedy played an important role in the creation of a great many outstanding works of art.

Learn how the political, religious and economic changes in Europe during the Renaissance affected the music of the period. A slide show introduces viewers to a variety of instruments which were developed in conjunction with the new music.

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...

This site displays both a biography and several works of art of the great Florentine Renaissance architect and sculptor. Links are provided that go into greater detail about the works and the history of his time.

This exhibition of drawings from the Renaissance contains numerous examples of figurative, architectural, and decorative subjects. Short explanatory notes provide the historical and artistic context of similarly themed works. A useful...

The Arkansas Arts Center Museum of Art collection is noted for drawings from the Renaissance to the present and craft objects including teapots, baskets, and toys designed by artists. Thumbnails that include detailed information on the...

Site that describes the Frick Collection Museum exhibit of the works of Andrea Riccio, a noted Renaissance sculptor. Includes links to images and descriptions of pieces.

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.

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...

The scene of the three wise men offering gifts to a newborn Jesus was widely painted during the Renaissance era, so how did painter Sandro Botticelli create a version that's still well known today? James Earle describes who and what set...

This site has a list of fifteen artists from the movement with links to images in various museums.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Beauford Delaney is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his association with the Harlem Renaissance and his portraits of African Americans.

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

A collection of biographies, video and audio clips, and photos offer a look at the people, locations, and themes of the Harlem Renaissance.

An in-depth biography of the painter Raphael discussing his life and works. A link is also provided to a listing of his works.

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.

Reprinted from essays and lectures by Oscar Wilde. Discusses the characteristics of the English Renaissance of Art.

This site from the Web Gallery of Art provides a biographical sketch of Brunelleschi, a "Florentine architect [and] one of the initiators of the Italian Renaissance." Includes links to related information and to images of his artwork.

Read about the Harlem Renaissance, the 1920s rebirth of African American arts centered in the Harlem neighborhood in New York City.

The purpose of this lesson plan is to help students cope with unfamiliar language in Shakespeare's sonnets and to help them understand and appreciate both what he says and how he says it.

An account which describes the work of Renaissance scholars to "reconstruct," ancient Rome and its architecture. A number of Renaissance manuscripts are shown. Click on "From collection to Reconstruction" (bottom of page) to go to next...

Painted during the Great Depression and funded under the Works Progress Administration/Federal Art Project these murals carry with them a history worth noting.

When presented with the problem of hoards of illiterate commoners, English clergymen in the 11th century created plays to spread word about the Bible. Eventually, the plays moved out of the church and into the streets. Mindy Ploeckelmann...

A site from the University of Michigan on various types of forgery in art from the Renaissance period to today. This site also covers website forgery and the internet.