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Read "Out of the Middle Ages" to understand the transition into the Renaissance.

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/middleages.html

( http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/middleages.html )
Richard Hooker presents "The Idea of the Renaissance."

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Edee/REN/IDEA.HTM

( http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Edee/REN/IDEA.HTM )
Learn how the Renaissance marks the beginning of the modern age.

http://wsu.edu/~dee/REN/BACK.HTM

( http://wsu.edu/~dee/REN/BACK.HTM )
Peruse "The Early Modern World" section of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook03.html

( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook03.html )
Read this detailed introduction to the Renaissance.

http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/r/renaiss.htm

( http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/r/renaiss.htm )
Review Steven Kreis's lecture to understand why the Renaissance occurred.

http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture4a.html

( http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture4a.html )
A Renaissance bibliography

http://www.library.wwu.edu/ref/subjguides/renbib.htm

( http://www.library.wwu.edu/ref/subjguides/renbib.htm )
The Italian City State

Read about the Italian city states of the Renaissance.

http://webexhibits.org/feast/context/citystate.html

( http://webexhibits.org/feast/context/citystate.html )
See this introduction to the Italian city states at the University of Calgary.

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/c-states.html

( http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/c-states.html )
Read more about the Italian city states of the Renaissance.

http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/03.html

( http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/03.html )
Find out about Florence in the 15th Century.

http://www.arca.net/db/storia/chp9.htm

( http://www.arca.net/db/storia/chp9.htm )
Explore this "Focus on Florence" in the early Renaissance.

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/florence.html

( http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/florence.html )
Early Renaissance Art and Architecture

Art History Resources on the Web presents a comprehensive collection of Renaissance art resources.

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHrenaissanceitaly.html

( http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHrenaissanceitaly.html )
ArtLex presents Renaissance art.

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/r/renaissance.html

( http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/r/renaissance.html )
Explore "The Rediscovery of Classical Antiquity."

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/clan/hd_clan.htm

( http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/clan/hd_clan.htm )
Explore Italian paintings of the 15thcentury at the National Gallery of Art.

http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ita15.htm

( http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ita15.htm )
Browse this chronological listing of early Renaissance artists.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/early-renaissance.html

( http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/early-renaissance.html )
Tour "The Early Renaissance in Florence" at the National Gallery of Art.

http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg4/gg4-main1.html

( http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg4/gg4-main1.html )
The Web Gallery of Art presents "The Florentine School."

http://www.wga.hu/tours/italpain/index09.html

( http://www.wga.hu/tours/italpain/index09.html )
Take an interactive tour of the architecture of Florence.

http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/florence/index.html

( http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/florence/index.html )
Explore this interactive site on the Medici and their patronage of the arts.

http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/index.html

( http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/index.html )
See the Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi (in streamed video).

http://www.nga.gov/collection/adoration.htm

( http://www.nga.gov/collection/adoration.htm )
View samples of Boticelli's work at WebMuseum.

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/botticelli/

( http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/botticelli/ )
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Leonardo da Vinci.

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/leon/hd_leon.htm

( http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/leon/hd_leon.htm )
Artserve presents resources relating to Italian Renaissance architecture, including information on Alberti and Brunelleschi.

http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/surveys/italren/renarch/

( http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/surveys/italren/renarch/ )
Peruse "Brunelleschi and the Origin of Linear Perspective."

http://www.mcm.edu/academic/galileo/ars/arshtml/arch1.html

( http://www.mcm.edu/academic/galileo/ars/arshtml/arch1.html )
Find out about the dome of Brunelleschi.

http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/renaissance/brunelleschi.html

( http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/renaissance/brunelleschi.html )
Brunelleschi at the Web Gallery of Art.

http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/b/brunelle/index.html

( http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/b/brunelle/index.html )
Early Renaissance Science

Discover "The Art of Renaissance Science."

http://www.mcm.edu/academic/galileo/ars/arshtml/arstoc.html

( http://www.mcm.edu/academic/galileo/ars/arshtml/arstoc.html )
Consider Leonardo da Vinci as scientist.

http://www.mos.org/leonardo/scientist.html

( http://www.mos.org/leonardo/scientist.html )
Browse this timeline for science from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.

http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/pages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Home/05-sr-lng-timeline.htm

( http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/pages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Home/05-sr-lng-timeline.htm )
Visit this site on Christopher Columbus.

http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/columbus.html

( http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/columbus.html )
Read about the "European Voyages of Exploration."

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/index.html

( http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/index.html )
Explore this connection between printing and thinking.

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/printing_sub.html

( http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/printing_sub.html )
Find out about the "revolution" in timekeeping.

http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/revol.html

( http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/revol.html )
Renaissance Humanism

See this description of humanism.

http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/c-humanism/Humanism.html

( http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/c-humanism/Humanism.html )
Read this lecture about Renaissance humanism.

http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/humanism.html

( http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/humanism.html )
Browse these reflections on Renaissance humanism.

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/excat/berlin/renaissa.html

( http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/excat/berlin/renaissa.html )
Richard Hooker presents information on humanism.

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Edee/REN/HUMANISM.HTM

( http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Edee/REN/HUMANISM.HTM )
Explore Renaissance humanism and its greatest thinkers via this lecture.

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Ewldciv/brians_syllabus/39.html

( http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Ewldciv/brians_syllabus/39.html )
Renaissance Music

Explore this Renaissance and baroque music chronology.

http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/callon/2233/details.htm

( http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/callon/2233/details.htm )
Todd M. McComb presents "A Selection of Renaissance Music."

http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/beginlst/renaiss.htm

( http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/beginlst/renaiss.htm )
Peruse this guide to the instruments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html

( http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html )
Find out about the history of music in the Renaissance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_music

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_music )
Read about the context of the Renaissance for music.

http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/eras/renaissance.html

( http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/eras/renaissance.html )
Find out about the periods of Western music from the medieval to classical.

http://www.hoasm.org/Periods.html

( http://www.hoasm.org/Periods.html )
Wikipedia presents Josquin des Prez.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josquin_des_Prez

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josquin_des_Prez )
Explore "John Dunstable: The Man, The Legend, The Compser."

http://francisbarnhart.com/projects/john-dunstable/

( http://francisbarnhart.com/projects/john-dunstable/ )







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