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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Francis Beaumont
(1584-1616) Beaumont was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Giorgione
(1477-1511) Italian artist of the High Renaissance in Venice.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Giovanni Boccaccio
(1313-1375) An Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch, an important Renaissance humanist in his own right and author of a number of notable works including On Famous Women and the Decameron.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Raphael Sanzio
(1483-1520) Famous Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.
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Slate: Fra Angelico's Pious Art
An eight-part annotated slideshow about the work of Fra Angelico, a 15th-century Florentine artist whose works are often described as transitional. With one foot in the medieval world and another in the emerging Renaissance, Fra Angelico...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Giotto
(1276-1336) Italian painter and architect known as the first of the Italian Renaissance.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Giovanni Bellini
(1430-1516) Bellini was a Venetian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of painters.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Correggio
(1494-1534) Renaissance painter who painted the series of mythological frescoes in the convent of San Paolo at Parma
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The Duomo and Piazza Del Duomo
This site explains what perspective is in art and then outlines its historical development, from Brunelleschi's experiment to Alberti's Treatise, in the early Renaissance, followed by early examples of the use of perspective.
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The Bapistry, San Giovanni
This site explains what perspective is in art and then outlines its historical development, from Brunelleschi's experiment to Alberti's Treatise, in the early Renaissance, followed by early examples of the use of perspective.
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Pissarro: In the Wood
This site explains what perspective is in art and then outlines its historical development, from Brunelleschi's experiment to Alberti's Treatise, in the early Renaissance, followed by early examples of the use of perspective.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Raphael Sanzio
Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello), (April 6 or March 28, 1483 - April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Orlando Di Lasso
A Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He is considered to be the most famous and influential musician in Europe at the end of the 16th century.
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The Art of Warfare
An interesting look at the evolution of warfare and armies through the late 1500s in the context of historical background for a Renaissance recreation group (Le Poulet Gauche). Includes links to analyses of several famous battles and a...
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The Art of Warfare
An interesting look at the evolution of warfare and armies through the late 1500s in the context of historical background for a Renaissance recreation group (Le Poulet Gauche). Includes links to analyses of several famous battles and a...
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The Art of Warfare
An interesting look at the evolution of warfare and armies through the late 1500s in the context of historical background for a Renaissance recreation group (Le Poulet Gauche). Includes links to analyses of several famous battles and a...
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The Art of Warfare
An interesting look at the evolution of warfare and armies through the late 1500s in the context of historical background for a Renaissance recreation group (Le Poulet Gauche). Includes links to analyses of several famous battles and a...
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Ibiblio: Learning to Read Rome's Ruins
Ibiblio offers a short account on how Renaissance scholars began to explore the ancient Roman ruins and reconstruct the Roman architectural achievements.
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Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Music in the Renaissanceaa; Claviorganum
17th Century Claviorganum, made in Germany. It is a combination of a virginal and an organ.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Selma Burke
Selma Burke discovered her love for sculpture as a young child and followed her passion to Harlem Renaissance New York, Parisian art studios, and even the White House.
My Hero Project
My Hero: Leonardo Da Vinci
A great artist, inventor, and thinker of the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci fused his love for science and math with his talent for art. Read a student-created illustrated essay about Leonardo's adventures in science, experimentation,...
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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...
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My Hero: Artemisia Gentileschi
A post-Renaissance painter, Artemisia Gentileschi was the only woman of her time to consistently and successfully tackle religious and historical scenarios on canvas. Use this resource to learn about her famous paintings as well as her...
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Saudi Aramco World: New Voices: New Afghanistan
With the fall of the Taliban in 2001, many Afghans believed that, after 23 years of war, their country would be at peace again. Although recent increases in violence have dampened that spirit, there is nonetheless a small population of...