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Arts Now Learning: Mona Mesa: What Is Your Opinion? [Pdf]
In this activity, 1st graders look at a print of "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo DaVinci and talk about what they see, searching for visual clues to help them form an opinion. They discuss the importance of portrait paintings during the...
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Allen Memorial Art Museum Oberlin College
Located at Oberlin College in Ohio. The museum highlights 17th century Dutch, Japanese prints, Renaissance and Baroque prints, modern European and contemporary American art.
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The Cincinnati Art Museum
The Cincinnati Art Museum (Cincinnati, Ohio), offers a comprehensive website exploring its current exhibitions as well as searching their collection database. Other content includes virtual tours, museum history, and teacher guides with...
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Mc Murry University: The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective
Links to pages with images and information on Galileo Galilei and the mathematics of perspective used in art of the Renaissance.
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Frick Collection: Andrea Riccio: Renaissance Master of Bronze
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.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Italian Renaissance
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Northern Renaissance in the 16th Century
How much do you know about 16th century Northern Renaissance art? Find out by answering this eight-question multiple-choice quiz. Check each answer before moving to the next question. Hints are available for each question.
Quia
Quia: Art History Lesson 80
Use any of the three activities--matching, flash cards, or concentration--to learn about select artists and terms associated with Renaissance art or to check your understanding of them. (Most terms are associated with the Renaissance; a...
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University of the Arts, London: Manuscripts at Universal Leonardo
This gallery of 22 excerpts from Leonardo's notebooks is accompanied by historical information and links to additional explorations of his interests in the forces of nature, light and vision, and imagination and invention. The drawings...
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University of the Arts, London: Drawings at Universal Leonardo
Find a collection of 50 drawings by Leonardo, with detailed descriptions of their historical and cultural context. A zoom-and-explore tool allows you to examine each drawing in close-up.
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Art and Architecture of the British Renaissance
This overview of the art of the English Renaissance provides information but not many images.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: The Northern Renaissance
Centered in Germany and the Netherlands during 1400 and 1500s, the northern European tradition of Gothic Art was greatly affected by the technical and philosophical advancements of the Renaissance in Italy. While less concerned with...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art of Renaissance Europe
This educational resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art contains resources about Renaissance Europe including numerous pieces of art from that period with images and lesson plans.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Visual Art During the Harlem Renaissance
This collection uses primary sources to explore visual art during the Harlem Renaissance.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Harlem Renaissance
Extensive information about the Harlem Renaissance, a period of time considered to be the cultural awakening of African Americans. Included are sections on poetry, fiction, and drama, as well as the legacy of this movement.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: "Watson and the Shark"
This is a comprehensive site that tells the story behind one of John Singleton Copley's most famous paintings, "Watson and the Shark." The site discusses the artist's life and provides compositional information about the painting....
Cool Fire Technology
Brain Bank: Art Movements and Periods
This website alphabetizes and briefly describes all the major movements in the history of visual arts. Good for use as a general reference for Art History studies and the study of historically based painting and art.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Explore Art: Manuscripts
An interesting collection of manuscripts. Teachers and students can explore dozens of images of medieval and early Renaissance manuscripts, both religious and secular. Clicking on the image will pull up a brief description of the work's...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: La Renaissance
Discusses all aspects of European Renaissance including the artists of Italian high renaissance. Links to the renaissance movement in the Netherlands, Germany and France.
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Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance
An online exhibit of representative art from the Harlem Renaissance.
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West Valley College: The Italian High Renaissance
The site from the West Valley College briefly surveys several pieces of artwork from the Italian High Renaissance including those from Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: The Holy Family
This site from the Web Gallery of Art provides a digitized image of this famous painting by Michelangelo. Includes some notes on the background of the painting and the artist's style. A link to a page containing a biography about...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: William H. Johnson
The Luce Foundation Center for American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum presents this short biography and photographic portrait of William H. Johnson, the influential African-American painter participant in the Harlem...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Jacob Lawrence
The Luce Foundation Center for American Art presents the African-American painter and Harlem Renaissance figure, Jacob Lawrence, with a short biography, image, and description of his work on view in the collection and a video interview...