The Italian Renaissance

Art

The Italian Renaissance (1420-1600). Links to major artists of the period.
Italian Renaissance and Mannerist Art. Some Italian Renaissance works and some Italian Mannerist works, for comparison.
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence. A virtual tour. Includes links to other sites pertaining to Renaissance architecture. By Bonnie Panagakis, Christine Marszalek, Pat Lind, and students at Twin Groves Junior High School.
Sistine Chapel. A virtual tour. Includes links to other sites pertaining to Renaissance art. By Bonnie Panagakis, Christine Marszalek, Pat Lind, and students at Twin Groves Junior High School.

Society

The Renaissance and the Signorie. Windows on Italy: the History. By R. Albertini, National Research Council, Milan.
Styles of Dress in 15th Century Italy. By Bonnie Panagakis, Christine Marszalek, Pat Lind, and students at Twin Groves Junior High School.
Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe: Florence, Pistoia, Lucca, 1348. By the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia.
Isabella d'Este. Marquise of Mantua, important Renaissance patron of the arts and literature. In Italian.

Science

Institute and Museum of History of Science, Florence. Descriptions and exhibits pertaining to scientific achievements in the Italian Renaissance.
Galileo Galilei. Life and achievements of the great Reneaissance scientist. From the Institute and Museum of History of Science, Florence.
The Galileo Project. A hypertext source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time. By Albert Van Helden and Elizabeth Burr, Rice University.
Renaissance Engineers: from Brunelleschi to da Vinci. A virtual museum tour exhibiting the contributions of da Vinci, Brunelleschi, Taccola, di Giorgio, and others. From the Institute and Museum of History of Science, Florence.

Literature

Italian Language and Literature. An overview. By the Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development, Sardinia.
Dante Studies and Related Research. Links to important Web sites, including e-texts, translations, and scholarship. By Otfried Lieberknecht.
Francis Petrarch. Selections from his Correspondences, translated and edited by James Harvey Robinson.
The Decameron Web. Life, works, and times of Giovanni Boccaccio, including links to other sites conerning late medieval and early Renaissance history, literature, society, and arts. By Massimo Riva, Brown University.
Niccolo Machiavelli. A brief biography, with a link to The Prince. By the Institute for Learning Technologies, Columbia University.
Antologia (frammentaria) della Letteratura Italiana. In Italian -- including, but not limited to, Renaissance authors. By the Centre for Advanced Studies, Research and Development, Sardinia.

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