Websites
Illuminating the Renaissance
This exhibition from the Getty Museum focuses on illuminated books produced in Flanders between 1470 and 1560. You can explore details from these books and zoom and pan for a close-up look at image details. The images are arranged by themes and include background information. Themes include: fashion; the individuals who commissioned the works; tales of romance, history, and mythology; using books for prayer and political agendas; and the artists and how they created the works.
Source: Getty Museum Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
The Renaissance Connection
Step 500 years into the past and learn more about some of the innovations developed during the Renaissance. You can also become a patron of the arts, learn about the life of a Renaissance artist and lots more.
Source: Renaissance Connection Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
Exploring Leonardo
Artist, inventor, scientist, visionary - truly a Renaissance man! Learn more about the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci.
Source: Museum of Science Boston Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
The Art of Renaissance Europe
This online teacher resource guide includes lesson plans and background information on the web. Note: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the guide.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
Italian Paintings of the 15th Century
Explore works of the Early Renaissance by artists like Filippo Lippi, Fra Angelico, Fra Carnevale, Giovanni Bellini, Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and Vittore Carpaccio at this site from the National Gallery of Art. You'll find background information and artist profiles.
Source: National Gallery of Art Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Italian Paintings of the 16th Century
Explore works of the High Renaissance by artists like Raphael, Agnolo Bronzino, Andrea del Sarto, Jacopo Tintoretto, Jacopo Bassano, Giovanni Battista Moroni, and Titian at this site from the National Gallery of Art. You'll find background information and artist profiles.
Source: National Gallery of Art Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
La Renaissance
Learn about the art of France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy.
Source: WebMuseum Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
14-16th Century Art
You'll find works by Dieric Bouts, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Botticelli, Filippino Lippi, Raphael, and Hans Memling at this site. Sections of each item can be enlarged up to four times and each item is accompanied by a detailed description.
Source: Norton Simon Museum of Art Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
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Integrating the Arts: Mummies, Manuscripts & Madonnas
This site for middle school students from the Walters Museum looks at ancient, medieval, and renaissance art and includes connections to social studies, science, language arts, and math.
Renaissance
Learn more about the Renaissance period at this interactive site from Annenberg Media.
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Online Video
Art of the Western World
This nine-part instructional series looks at art masterpieces of the Western world and their cultural and historical settings. Source: Annenberg Media
Exploring the Renaissance
Learn more about the Renaissance with this collection of video clips. Source: How Stuff Works
Italy Revealed: Renaissance Art
See how Florence became the scene of dramatic changes in the fields of architecture, art and science. Source: How Stuff Works
Italy Revealed: Venetian Architecture
Learn how centuries ago the Venetians built such heavy marble structures on the soft mud of a shallow lagoon. Source: How Stuff Works |
Lesson Plans
Renaissance Connection Lesson Plans - Grades 5-9
You'll find a collection of art, social studies, and science lesson plans exploring the Renaissance period here. Source: Renaissance Connection
The Art of Renaissance Europe
You can download all or part of this comprehensive guide for educators, which includes summaries of Rennaissance history and art, lesson plans and classroom activities, and a glossary. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Renaissance Art - Grades 9-12
Students describe the characteristics of Renaissance art as well as the major examples of work and the artists of the time. Source: Tides
Leonardo da Vinci: Creative Genius - Gr. 6-8
In this lesson students explore Leonardo da Vinci and the age in which he lived and consider the meaning of the Greek quotation, “Man is the measure of all things” and why it particularly applies to the Renaissance and to Leonardo.
Source: EdSitement
Art & Greco-Roman Origin Myths - Gr. 5-6
Teachers can use this lesson to introduce or examine the role of myths in explaining human customs, mysteries about nature, or the reasons why things exist in the world.
Source: National Gallery of Art
Inside Scoop
Printable, kid-friendly guides from the National Gallery of Art
The Adoration of the Magi
Leonardo da Vinci's Ginevra de' Benci
Andrea del Castagno
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