Renaissance Art

Students learn about the events and timeline of the European Renaissance in history, a rebirth in science, art, philosophy, and literature. Topics include art and artists, architecture, science and inventions, astronomy, food, clothing and fashion, reformation, famous Renaissance people including Johannes Gutenburg, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo. Renaissance Italy (c.1400 - c.1600)

The Italian Renaissance on this website is designed as a learning module in the form of a 'research textbook.' It is meant to be a resource for students to extract overall background but with enough detail. Click 'Contents' at side of webpage.

The Hellbrunn Timeline of Art History presents information about Italian Renaissance architects, their theories and practices, with short sections on Brunelleschi, Alberti, and Palladio, with accompanying slides.

The changes that we associate with the Renaissance first occurred in the Italian city of Florence. This website examines the city's role in the history of the period.

This PBS site explores the wave of artistic and cultural innovation that changed medieval society and brought European culture into a new era: the Renaissance. Topics include art, politics, religion and science and architecture.

This history of the Renaissance explains how it began with a renewed interest in classical culture, a movement in which Petrarch was a leading figure and proponent of humanism, the admiration for the finest achievements of the human race.

A free online course, taking you through an overview of the Renaissance, and its major artists, using videos, text and quizzes.