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This Renaissance project includes a companion
page called 'Biographies
of the Renaissance.' You find a
collection of links to biography sites and websites
detailing the life and works of a selected group of
Renaissance people. Don't miss it - - there are lots
of additional resources for the
Renaissance.
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Renaissance means 'new birth.' The term refers to
the revival of art and learning that occurred in
Europe between the Fourteenth and Sixteenth
centuries. This was an era when educated and
talented people rediscovered the arts and learning
of ancient Greece and Rome and developed new ideas
about their world.
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- Harder - The term,
Renaissance, comes from the Latin word 'rinascere'
that means to be reborn. The Renaissance was a
great cultural movement - - a period of renewal,
revival, and growth. The Renaissance began in Italy
during the early 1300's. By 1600 the cultural
revival had spread to France, England, Germany, the
Netherlands, Spain and other European
countries.
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- Many Renaissance scholars and artists studied
the art and learning from ancient Greece and Rome,
attempting to recapture the spirit of those
cultures in their philosophies and their works of
art and literature. Renaissance leaders began to
reject many of the attitudes and ideas of the
Middle Ages. For instance during those earlier
times, the most important cultural institution was
the Church and the important learning was theology,
the study of God. Medieval thinking held that the
world was filled with evil temptations. Renaissance
thinkers began to emphasize people's
responsibilities and duties to their society, a
society that could civilize people rather than make
them wicked.
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- The changes in thinking during Renaissance
happened gradually. New ideas in art, astronomy,
science, literature, mathematics, philosophy,
religion, and politics were developed and advanced
by a few individuals. But the influence of the
Renaissance impacted and shaped the future, leading
to a modern era.
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- Idea
of the Renaissance by R. Hooker from
World Civilizations, Washington State
University
- http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/REN/IDEA.HTM
- This webpage, the starting point for a online
publication on the Renaissance, explains the naming
of the era and recent thinking on the
mislabeling.
- Similar Comprehensive Websites:
- 2) European Renaissance / Reformation
(Links-site) http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/rena.html
- 3) Renaissance by N.B. Mautz from
Development of Western Civilization, University
of Evansville http://history.evansville.net/renaissa.html
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- Renaissance
from Annenberg Foundation & Corporation for
Public Broadcasting (CPB)
- http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/
- Explore the Renaissance and discover the forces
that drove this rebirth in Europe and Italy.
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- Renaissance:
Dawn of a New Age from Mr. Dowling's
Electronic Passport
- http://www.mrdowling.com/704renaissance.html
- Learn many interesting facts about the
Renaissance including information on the Protestant
reformation, King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, and
lots of links to more resources.
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- Renaissance
Faire
- http://www.renfaire.com/
- Step back 400 years to a time of romance.
Shakespeare is in the prime of his career. Sir
Francis Drake has circumnavigated the globe. The
New World exists as a boundless frontier. It is a
'golden age.'
- Related Websites:
- 2) Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of
Common Knowledge
- http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/home.html
- 3) Women in the Renaissance (Grades 10-12)
http://www.svhe.pdx.edu/summerinstitute/projects2000/rachelcasteel/overview.html
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- Websites By Kids For Kids
- Journey
Through the Renaissance (2000 ThinkQuest
Internet Challenge)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/C005356/
- Take a step back in time and enter a period in
which man left behind what has been called the
'dark ages.' Here you will find information on the
arts, sciences, wars, politics and religion from
the Renaissance period.
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- Michaelangelo
Buonarroti
- http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/michaelangelo.htm
- This student project site houses a brief
biography of the Renaissance artist.
- Related Biographies:
- 2) Leonardo da Vinci http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/da_vinci.htm
- 3) Rembrandt Van Rijn http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/rembrandt.htm
- 4) Sandro Botticelli http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/botticelli.htm
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- Renaissance
Faire from Gage Middle School
- http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Gage_MS/Renaissance_faire/
- Welcome knights and ladies! Your presence is
requested at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. And
you can learn lots more about the Renaissance
period.
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- Renaissance
Personalities
- http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/
- Here you learn about the artists, architects,
scientists, scholars, and other notable men and
women of the Renaissance.
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- Virtual
Renaissance (1996 ThinkQuest Internet
Challenge)
- http://renaissance.district96.k12.il.us/
- This Web project introduces Renaissance
'characters' who describe their lives and access a
wide list of Renaissance topics such as clothing,
food, and architecture.
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- More Renaissance Websites
- Addio
Gallery
- http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Addio.html
- Here you find a collection of Renaissance
paintings.
- Related Renaissance Art Websites:
- 2) 15th-Century Renaissance Art by C. Witcombe
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks2.html
- 2) High Renaissance http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/tl/it-ren/high-ren.html
- 3) La Renaissance from WebMuseum, Paris
http://www.oir.ucf.edu/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/
- 4) Renaissance Art from M. Harden's
Artchive
- http://artchive.com/artchive/renaissance.html
- 5) Northern Renaissance (1500-1615) http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/tl/north-ren/
- 6) Renaissance Art: Ammannati Bartolommeo to
Angelico Fra
- http://online.anu.edu.au/ArtHistory/renart/pics.art/index_1.html
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- Art
of the Italian Renaissance by E. Hennessey
and R. Perry
- http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC572/final_projects/renaissance_art/art_intro.html
- The goal at this online lesson is no longer
rote memorization,but rather development of a
greater understanding and appreciation of the
artists and their work. A foundational
understanding of Renaissance art is needed to fully
utilize this website.
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- Art
of Renaissance Science: Galileo and
Perspective
- http://www.crs4.it/Ars/arshtml/arstoc.html
- This site is 'devoted to the genius of Galileo
and the relation between his role in the Scientific
Revolution and the equally remarkable achievements
of Renaissance artists.'
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- Del's
Dance Book
- http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/del/
- This Website focusses on Renaissance dance
history coupled with images from the 15th and 16th
centuries.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Dancing Master by J. Lee http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/playford/index.html
- 3) Renaissance Dance http://www.rendance.org/
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- Plague
and Public Health in Renaissance
Europe
- http://www.iath.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html
- This website incorporates narratives, medical
consilia, governmental records, religious and
spiritual writings and images documenting the
arrival, impact and response to the problem of
epidemic disease in Western Europe between 1348 and
1530.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Black Death: Bubonic Plague http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/Plague.html
- 3) Church's Involvement in the Bubonic Plague
http://www.ecnet.net/users/gemedia3/Plague/Plague.html
- 4) Bubonic Plague http://www2.itexas.net/~jburks/plague.htm
- 5) Plague, Prose, and Poetry: The Effect of
Bubonic Plague on Fourteenth Century
- European Literature http://www2.itexas.net/~jburks/literature.htm
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- Renaissance
and Reformation Chronology
- http://orb.rhodes.edu/schriber/chronology.html
- Here is a timeline that covers the Renaissance
period.
- Other Renaissance Timelines:
- 2) Renaissance Timeline http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/leonardo/timeline.html
- 3) Renaissance Timeline
- http://www.timelines.info/history/ages_and_periods/the_renaissance/
- 4) Timeline of the Renaissance http://chaos1.hypermart.net/ren/
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- Renaissance
and Baroque Architecture from Digital
Image Center, Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library,
University of Virginia
- http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/index.html
- Here you have a photo collection of buildings
and structures created during the Renaissance and
Baroque times.
- Related Website:
- 2) Renaissance Architects (Links-site)
http://www.owu.edu/~jwbiehl/architects.htm
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- Renaissance
Consort by Y. Higaki
- http://www.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp/cons1/
- This site contains a demonstration of
renaissance consort and renaissance instruments.
See and listen!
- Related Websites:
- 2) Guide to Medieval and Renaissance
Instruments from Iowa State University
- http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html
- 3) Renaissance Music Links http://www.classicalmus.hispeed.com/rena.html
- 4) Wind Instruments of the Renaissance
http://www.dreamscape.com/quando7/index.htm
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- Sixteenth
Century Renaissance English Literature
(1485-1603) by A. Jokinen from
Luminarium
- http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/
- This is an extensive site covering the writers
and their works.
- Related Website from Luminarium:
- 2) Background Information: Sixteenth Century
Renaissance English Literature (Links-site)
- http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/renaissanceinfo.htm
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- Two
Families of the Renaissance by M.G. Malvasi
at Suite101
- http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/history_for_children/23420
- Come meet the Medici and Borgia families, two
of the most powerful families of the Renaissance.
Yet each is remembered for very different
reasons.
- Other Related Articles at Suite101:
- 2) Renaissance aka, 'The Shift' by D. Leathers
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/Renaissance/37921
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- Websites For Teachers
- 'Ancora
Imparo' (Still I Am Learning), a Grade 5
unit plan by M. Pudiak & K. Reip from Core
Knowledge
- http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/598Ancora.htm
- This unit focuses on the Italian Renaissance, a
rebirth in learning. It explores the influence of
ideas from Greece and Rome, and the shift in world
view.. Students will map out trade routes, research
the role of the church, and evaluate Renaissance
ideals as outlined in The Prince by
Machiavelli. They will also be exposed to the art
and music of the Renaissance and will try their
hand at sculpting, painting, and performing.
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- Ideas
and Ideals of Man, From the Renaissance to the
Reformation by P.N. Herdon from Yale-New
Haven Teachers Institute
- http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1986/3/86.03.04.x.html
- This unit of study is intended to be a ten to
fifteen day inquiry into the streams of thought
which fed the Renaissance. Students will be
encouraged to trace the development of ideas which
had their origin in classical antiquity and the
Middle Ages and which have continued to the
present.
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- Illusion
of the Renaissance (Grades 8-12) by S.
Willard from Yale-New Haven Teachers
Institute
- http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1986/3/86.03.08.x.html
- This unit was designed for a studio art course.
Along with learning the rules for perspective
drawing, the students are informed about how the
rules can be manipulated. Students then have the
opportunity to develop their imaginative and
creative abilities.
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- Italian
Renaissance Elementary Lesson Plans by T.
Ward
- http://members.aol.com/TWard64340/Renaissance.htm
- Here are three art lessons. They center on the
work of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo,
and Donatello.
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- Johannes
Gutenberg and the Printing Press (Grades
6-12) from Education World
- http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2178.shtml
- Students use library or online sources to
create time lines of the life of Johannes Gutenberg
and tell the impact his invention, the printing
press, had on the development of newspapers.
- Related Lesson Plan from Education
World:
- 2) Printing Press (Grades 3-5)
- http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/00-2/lesson0019.shtml
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- Lives
of Renaissance Women by J. Coffin, M.
Irvine, and R. Sousa
- http://www.bctf.bc.ca/lessonaids/online/LA9245.html
- The purpose of this unit is to illuminate the
lives and contributions of all classes of women who
lived between 1350 to 1650 in Western Europe and
England-The Renaissance.
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- Renaissance
(Grade 5)
- http://www.cstone.net/~bcp/5/5NHistory.htm
- This unit plan of Renaissance study includes
its origins and prominent figures, and centers on
its impact and influence within Italy.
- Another Lesson Plan:
- 2) Renaissance (Grade 8) http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSRenaissanceUnit3Timelines8.htm
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Renaissance
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music
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discovery
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growth
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art
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rebirth
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political thought
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invention
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culture
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Middle Ages
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industrial
revolution
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astronomy
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medieval
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religion
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'golden age'
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architecture
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individual human spirit
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Europe
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humanism
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printing press
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ability
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mathematics
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music
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transition
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literature
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Italian Renaissance
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social class
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philosophy
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Shakespeare
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Western culture
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Protestant Reformation
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exploration
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law
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classical antiquity
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Spanish
Inquisition
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revolutionary
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revival
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mathematics
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change
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moveable type
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learning
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utopia
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civilization
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rediscovery
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'Age of Enlightenment'
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humanities
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lifelike art
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'Early Modern' period
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Annette
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Larry
Johnson,
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