~Arts and Clothing ~
Mrs.Kanski's Slide Shows
The Web Gallery of Art contains over 6,500 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1750. A considerable number of the pictures are commented and biographies of the significant artists are given. A versatile search engine allows you to find pictures in the collection using various search criteria. A number of guided tours make it easier to visit the Gallery and to understand the artistic and historical relationship between different artworks and artists included in the collection.
The World of Leonardo da Vinci Who was this mysterious genius of the Renaissance ? Could of he have composed Shakespear 's Romeo and Juliet between designing the tank and parachute ? Find out here !
Costume gallery.com (English and French) Information on historical costume and clothing design.
View examples from different time periods (original artwork). Includes Medieval, Renaissance, Victorian, and 20th century.
~ Society and History ~
Take a step back in time and enter your Journey Through the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a period in which man left behind the dark ages and began to develop into what he has now become. Human civilization as we know it began to blossom with the arts, sciences and technologies beginning to develop and deepen as man's understanding of the world around him increased. In this web site you will find information on the arts, sciences, wars, politics and religion from the Renaissance period. You can observe and learn about the Renaissance by choosing your own path through this web site. There are also activities and puzzles that test your knowledge of the period to see how much you have learned. Also included is a popup jukebox, a search engine, a message board , and a resource section which contains all music, pictures and writing used in this website.
Explore the Renaissance : " French for "rebirth," perfectly describes the intellectual and economic changes that occurred in Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries.
This site is dedicated to the English Renaissance. It discuss in the history in general, with the emphasis on literature (especially important poets' lives and works), music (with MIDI files) and, in particular, Shakespeare, Hamlet and the art and the culture of this period. eventually there are 4 interactive games about litterature.
More than 70 pages of insight into everyday life in Tudor England - food, occupations, games, pastimes, religion, fashion, manners, attitudes, and education in the time of Queen Elizabeth I and Shakespeare. A unique reference for writers, students, actors, re-enactors, and Renaissance enthusiasts, written by Maggie Secara and designed for the Web by Paula Kate Marmor.
Queen Elizabeth I Her life and times. Plus references to film and fictional accounts, also gossip and court intrigue.
