Renaissance Art

The following resources will help you research background information on the art of the Renaissance

Online Databases

General Reference Center Gold
Search multiple formats: journals, , magazines, encyclopedias, and more.  Helpful hint: enter keyword (ex: Homer), hit enter, select Reference tab.

 

 Internet Sites

Renaissance Art on the Web - Renaissance Art Links: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/links/renaissance_links.html

Renaissance Connection: http://www.renaissanceconnection.org/main.cfm

Web Gallery of Art: http://www.wga.hu/
 
Italian
Renaissance		 Renaissance Art in Italy: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHrenaissanceitaly.html#Italy16

Web Museum - Giotto: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/giotto/

Web Museum - Italian Renaissance: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/tl/it-ren/

Web Museum: Leonardo da Vinci: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vinci/

Web Museum - Michelangelo: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/michelangelo/

Web Museum - Rafael: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/raphael/
 
Northern
Renaissance		 Albrect Durer: http://www.glyphs.com/art/durer/

Durer: http://cgfa.dotsrc.org/durer/index.html

Dutch and Flemish Painting of the 16th and 17th Centuries: http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/dutch.htm

Renaissance Art in Northern Europe & Spain: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHrenaissanceeurope.html

Web Museum - Bosch, Hieronymus: http://www.ibiblio.org/louvre/paint/auth/bosch/

Web Museum - Van Eych: http://www.ibiblio.org/louvre/paint/auth/eyck/
 


If you do not find what you're looking for in the above resources, try the search tips listed below.
 

 Internet Search Tips

  1. Type the URL (web site address) of a search directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.yahoo.com, or www.google.com, etc.
     
  2. (Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation).
     
  3. Type in keyword(s). (If your keyword has two parts such as: "Italian renaissance", be sure to put quotes around it so that the search engine only finds the Internet sites on old English as opposed to all of the sites containing the word Italian plus all of the sites containing the word renaissance.
     

  4. If you would like to search for something specific about Italian renaissance, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma followed by a space and your other search term. For instance; if I wanted to find out about the artists and paintings of the Italian renaissance,  I would enter the following:

    "Italian renaissance", artists, paintings

    Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
     

  5. Be sure to evaluate each Internet site for the following:

     

  6. Remember: if you choose to use any information (text or graphics) found on an Internet source, 
    you must include it in your bibliography.

Remember:  YOU MUST CITE EVERY RESOURCE YOU USED to gather information on your 
Works Cited (Bibliography) page.  Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.
 


 

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