Renaissance Artists
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/
Web Museum
Click on the Artist Index and find your artist/inventor alphabetically for lots of information on the artists and examples of their works.
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=GVRL&locid=mlin_n_holtenric
Gale EBooks: key in your artist's name, but DO NOT search "within this publication" when you have a choice. (This is a database but should not require a password.)
http://www.wga.hu/
Web Gallery of Art
Check the alphabetical Artist Index for your artist to find many examples of his works and his birth/death dates and school of art.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Art Cyclopedia
Key in your artist's name in the search bar at the top.
http://www.metmuseum.org/
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Click on Search the Collections in the horizontal menu neat the top and then key in your artist/inventor's name in the search bar labeled Search the Collections.
http://www.abcgallery.com/B/bruegel/bruegel.html
Bruegel the Elder (note two different spellings of Bruegel/Brueghel)
http://www.arthistoryguide.com/Caravaggio.aspx
Caravaggio
http://www.drawingsofleonardo.org/
Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
A collection of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings, along with related links to biographical information, and art resources.
http://www.mos.org/leonardo/
Leonardo: Scientist, Inventor, Artist
This site provides a biography and background of some of Leonardo da Vinci's work, as well as images of his art, scientific drawings, and inventions. Includes classroom activities and a glossary. "Appropriate for students in grades four through eight, many of the activities can be adapted for younger or older students as needed." From the Museum of Science, Boston.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/leonardo/
BBC Science and Nature: Leonardo
"Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519. Italian artist, scientist, engineer. An all-round genius whose paintings and inventions changed the world. Take an interactive journey through his life and works to discover what made him a true Renaissance man." Includes a timeline, painting and drawing galleries, an interactive tour of Leonardo's studio, and a quiz to see what type of a thinker you are. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
http://www.arthistoryguide.com/Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.aspx
Hans Holbein the Younger
http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/
Michelangelo Buonarroti
The life and works of the Renaissance artist during his early life, mid years, and final days. It includes links to numerous illustrations as well as related sites. Part of the commercial site of Michelangelo.Com , a Website design company.
http://www.arthistoryguide.com/Raphael.aspx
Raphael
http://www.arthistoryguide.com/travel/travel36.aspx
Titian
More individual artists at:
http://www.abcgallery.com/alfaindB.html
Olga's Gallery includes Bellini, Botticelli, Bruegel, Caravaggio, Correggio, Dürer, Holbein, Mantegna, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian
http://www.arthistoryguide.com/Jan_van_Eyck.aspx
Jan van Eyck
Art History Resources on the Web
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Scroll down for Renaissance Art in Italy, and Renaissance Art Elsewhere in Europe. Check this site once you know WHEN and WHERE your artist/inventor made his contriubtions.
http://members.efn.org/~acd/vite/VasariLives.html#part1
Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists
includes Bellini, Botticelli, Carvaggio, Correggio, da Vinci, Donatello, Mantegna, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian. Scroll down to find and click on your artist/inventor, or search using "command + F" and typing the name.
Best of History Web Sites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/ArtHistory.shtml
This offers many sites, some of which are mentioned individually above. If you need more information after checking the sites above, feel free to explore this site.