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	Dr. Betty G. Allen Library Web Site Holten Richmond Middle School
Home HRMS Choose Database: 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade Peabody Institute Library Dream Teams	Renaissance Artists Free Web (no password needed): http://www.renaissanceconnection.org/ The Renaissance Connection This website for middle school students focuses on art and history of the Renaissance. It features activities that explore aspects of Renaissance art and scientific innovations, art patronage, and the life of an artist. Includes images, maps, a timeline, glossary, lesson plans, and related links. From the Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania. 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://www2.hammer.ucla.edu/etc/durer/ Albrecht Dürer Devoted to the life and work of artist Albrecht Dürer. Includes images of Dürer's woodcuts and engravings; a profile of Nüremberg, Germany, during the Renaissance; a guide to symbols featured in Renaissance art; and technical information on printmaking. Also explores themes of melancholy in Dürer's work and Renaissance music, and past and present perceptions of clinical depression. From the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, University of California, Los Angeles. 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.wga.hu/ Web Gallery of Art Contains over ten thousand images of "European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1800)." Includes some annotations, guided tours of the collection, and a glossary of related terms. 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.sparknotes.com/history/european/renaissance1/ Italian Renaissance Click on Art in the Early Renaissance and Art in the High Renaissance for a summary of the periods and links to brief information on many of the artists. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/ Web Museum This delightful site is arranged by themes and time periods as well as by artists of famous paintings. Contains text and paintings. Databases (password required): Renaissance and Reformation Reference Library http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/danv55816?db=GVRl Use the password on your resources sheet to access this database. Then key in your artist's name in the space provided. Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students http://mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=Gale_GVRL Click on Gale Virtual Reference Library and then key in your public library card number or our HRMS number. See resources sheet. Next key in your artist's name in the space provided.
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Renaissance Artists

Free Web (no password needed):

http://www.renaissanceconnection.org/
The Renaissance Connection
This website for middle school students focuses on art and history of the Renaissance. It features activities that explore aspects of Renaissance art and scientific innovations, art patronage, and the life of an artist. Includes images, maps, a timeline, glossary, lesson plans, and related links. From the Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania.

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://www2.hammer.ucla.edu/etc/durer/
Albrecht Dürer
Devoted to the life and work of artist Albrecht Dürer. Includes images of Dürer's woodcuts and engravings; a profile of Nüremberg, Germany, during the Renaissance; a guide to symbols featured in Renaissance art; and technical information on printmaking. Also explores themes of melancholy in Dürer's work and Renaissance music, and past and present perceptions of clinical depression. From the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, University of California, Los Angeles.

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.wga.hu/
Web Gallery of Art
Contains over ten thousand images of "European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1800)." Includes some annotations, guided tours of the collection, and a glossary of related terms.

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.sparknotes.com/history/european/renaissance1/
Italian Renaissance
Click on Art in the Early Renaissance and Art in the High Renaissance for a summary of the periods and links to brief information on many of the artists.

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/
Web Museum
This delightful site is arranged by themes and time periods as well as by artists of famous paintings. Contains text and paintings.

Databases (password required):
Renaissance and Reformation Reference Library
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/danv55816?db=GVRl
Use the password on your resources sheet to access this database. Then key in your artist's name in the space provided.

Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students
http://mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=Gale_GVRL
Click on Gale Virtual Reference Library and then key in your public library card number or our HRMS number. See resources sheet. Next key in your artist's name in the space provided.