Renaissance Art and Architecture
Art History 101 - The Renaissance
Excellent introduction to the Renaissance movements by About Guide to Art History, Shelley Esaak.
Excellent introduction to the Renaissance movements by About Guide to Art History, Shelley Esaak.
Master Architects - Andrea Palladio
Useful bio and overview of Palladio's style, works and influence, from your About.com Guide to Architecture, Jackie Craven.
Useful bio and overview of Palladio's style, works and influence, from your About.com Guide to Architecture, Jackie Craven.
Palladio's Italian Villas
Also offering a biography of the influential architect and a timeline of Venetian history, this site focuses on five of Palladio's surviving mansions, providing a photo and architectural information on each.
Also offering a biography of the influential architect and a timeline of Venetian history, this site focuses on five of Palladio's surviving mansions, providing a photo and architectural information on each.
Renaissance Architecture: Palace of Fontainebleau
Nine thumbnails of the exquisite palace lead to larger photos. Part of A Digitial Archive of European Architecture by Professor Jeffrey Howe at Boston College.
Nine thumbnails of the exquisite palace lead to larger photos. Part of A Digitial Archive of European Architecture by Professor Jeffrey Howe at Boston College.
Renaissance and Baroque Architecture
From Professor C. W. Westfall's Architectural history course come 23 pages of photographs documenting the architecture of Europe. Both the thumbnail and description link to a larger version.
From Professor C. W. Westfall's Architectural history course come 23 pages of photographs documenting the architecture of Europe. Both the thumbnail and description link to a larger version.
Renaissance Art Historical Overview
This introduction to the history of art through the Middle Ages is followed by segments on early and high Renaissance art, with pages on Masaccio, da Vinci and Raphael to illustrate the developing movement. Nicely presented with some fine images at Wesleyan College.
This introduction to the history of art through the Middle Ages is followed by segments on early and high Renaissance art, with pages on Masaccio, da Vinci and Raphael to illustrate the developing movement. Nicely presented with some fine images at Wesleyan College.