Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Renaissance Art: The Rebirth of Classicism
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! What in the world do they have to do with this? Find the connection and recognize Renaissance art and the artists.
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.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo
The Web Gallery of Art provides an amazing online collection of Michelangelo's (1475-1564) art. Not only can you view high-quality reproductions of his drawings, paintings, sculptures, and architectural commissions, you can also click...
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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...
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.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Early Renaissance Art
Here at Artcyclopedia you find a very brief explanation of the Early Renaissance along with many links out to the artists related to the movement.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Leonardo Da Vinci
A superb online collection of Leonardo's art. View many of his masterworks at this site, along with drawings, paintings, and inventions. Each reproduction includes a short commentary. A detailed biography is included, with embedded links...
National Library of France
National Library of France: Renaissance Drawings
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...
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Popes in the 12th 18th Centuries
Biographies of the Popes governing the Roman Catholic Church in the 12th-18th centuries. Entries range from minimal to very extensive.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Kfki Campus: Paintings in Rome by Rafaello
This site from the KFKI Campus provides a listing of works by Raffaello. Each work can be clicked on to provided a large sized image. Among these works is a picture of Pope Leo X with two cardinals. A biography of Raffaello is also...
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Tempest by Giorgione
This resource provides a reproduction of Giorgione's famous painting, "Tempest". Information about the subject of the painting is also provided.
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.
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Jan Van Eyck the Complete Works
View over 100 of Van Eyck's paintings. You can conduct searches, watch slideshows, or view page by page. Also includes an extensive biography and many features that make finding and bookmarking your favorite works very easy.
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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.
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....
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Venetian Painting in the Early Renaissance
From this site you can learn a little bit about the Renaissance art movement's beginnings in Venice. You will also view 7 representative works from various artists.
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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.
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University of the Arts, London: Paintings at Universal Leonardo
Find a collection of 25 paintings by Renaissance-era master painters, including more than a dozen of Leonardo's most famous works. Paintings are accompanied by links to explanations of the artistic problems and puzzles that fascinated...
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...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Giorgione and the High Renaissance in Venice
7 full-color images from Italian Renaissance artists. Three of the works are from Giorgione. Click on each to find a short explanation and analysis.
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Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne: The Italian Renaissance [Ppt]
A detailed slideshow that presents key concepts and ideas on Renaissance economics, society, politics, arts and architecture, philosophy, the Papacy, and the spread of humanism. The significant individuals in each category are also...