Books
Reference area (first floor)
Book Stacks (second floor)
E-Books
Videos/DVDs available in the Library (second floor)Online Databases and ToolsWebsites By Topic:
General | Architecture | Art | Science | Social
Books available in the Library
Reference area (first floor)
- Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance and Mannerist art / Jane Shoaf Turner / 709.4503 ENC
- A Concise encyclopaedia of the Italian Renaissance / J. R. (John Rigby) Hale / 945.05 CON
- The New Century Italian Renaissance encyclopedia / Catherine B.Avery / 920 NEW
Use WebCat to find additional titles.
Book Stacks (second floor)
- History of Italian Renaissance art : painting, sculpture, architecture / Frederick Hartt / 709.45 H335H 1979
- The Italian Renaissance / J. H. (John Harold) Plumb / 945.05 P734I
- The Italian Renaissance / Marshall Cavendish Corporation / 945.05 ITA
- Italian Renaissance painting / James H. Beck, / 759.03 B393I
- Leonardo and the Renaissance / Nathaniel Harris / 945.05 HAR
Use WebCat to find additional titles.
Use WebCat to find additional titles. Adding the word "electronic" to your search will find only E-Books.
Videos/DVDs available in the Library (second floor)
- The Medici, godfathers of renaissance (DVD) / Justin Hardy / 945.5105 M4892
- The power of the past with Bill Moyers--Florence (VHS) / David Grubin / 945.51 P887
Online Databases and Tools
Academic Search Premier
http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=aph
Scholarly journal articles from the world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database.
Citation Machine
http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php
An interactive Web tool that simplifies citing in MLA and APA format.
InfoTrac Onefile
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/vol_p98l?db=ITOF
Articles from scholarly journals, news and trade magazines, and newspapers
Encyclopædia Britannica (Articles on Italy)
http://search.eb.com/eb/article?tocId=9106448
There are entries for a variety of topics pertaining to Italy in the Encyclopædia Britannica. Go to the bottom of the article and you will find a table of contents with sections such as cultural life, history, and geography.
Columbia Encyclopedia (Article about Italy) ON-CAMPUS ACCESS ONLY
http://www.bartleby.com/65/it/Italy.html This is an overview of Italian Culture which focuses on Italy's Land and People Economy, Government, and History
Wikipedia (Articles on Italy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy Entries on Italy cover History, Politics, Regions, Geography, Economy, Demographics, Culture, and Languages
Websites By Topic
Art Images for College Teaching (AICT)
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/about.html
"AICT is intended primarily to disseminate images of art and architectural works in the public domain on a free-access, free-use basis to all levels of the educational community, as well as to the public at large."
ArtLex
http://www.artlex.com/
"Definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art."
Learning how to draw. Illustrated instructions for students and teachers.
http://www.geocities.com/~jlhagan/K9-14/introduction.htm
"This is a free drawing lesson site for students who need to learn to draw and teachers who require practical lesson notes. We aim for improved visual literacy and begin here with the basics ."
Musei Online
http://www.museionline.it/eng/default.htm
Includes listings of museums throughout Italy. Pick out the type of museum and the general location and this site will tell you what museums are there, when they are open, admission price, and a general overview of the collection. No images are available on this site; however, some listings have web addresses for the museum.
Castles of Tuscany
http://www.castellitoscani.com/
Pictures and information about hundreds of castles in the Tuscan region.
Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Architectural History 102
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/index.html
A visual glossary of architecture of renaissance and baroque Italy.
Artchive
http://www.artchive.com/
This site includes biographical information on artists as well as images of many of their works and some theory and criticism. There is a section dedicated to the Italian Renaissance.
ArtCyclopedia
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Although this is a commercial site which is trying to sell art prints, there is some good information about the artist, work, period, and style.
Artists of the Italian Renaissance
http://library.thinkquest.org/2838/artgal.htm
Details many of the key artists of this period.
National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/
Go to "The Collection" and you will find visual "tours" of many time periods including the Italian Renaissance.
NM's Creative Impulse: The Artist's View of World History and Western Civilization
(from Nancy Mautz, an instructor of art history and world civilization at the University of Evansville)
http://history.evansville.net/renaissa.html
An award-winning site providing both historical background information and art information for different historical time periods. Includes links to relevant images.
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Art History
http://www.chart.ac.uk/vlib/
(from the Computers and History of Art Group)
A huge resource site. The site maintainer does not vouch for the accuracy or quality of the websites listed. Probably most useful for its links to Large Image Collections and Online Teaching Resources.
Institute and Museum of the History of Science (Florence)
http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/
Includes a collection of online exhibits in the areas of history and science.
Leonardo Museum
http://www.leonet.it/comuni/vincimus/invinmus.html
Includes pictures and descriptions of many of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions.
Italian Renaissance
http://history.hanover.edu/early/italren.html
Primary source documents of the period. Full-text books and letters written during the Italian Renaissance. Original documents like these can help give a true sense of what it was like to live at that time.
Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/
This is a companion web site to the PBS broadcast of the same title. Discusses the Renaissance and the Family.
Renaissance: What Inspired this Age of Balance and Order?
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/
"Explores the Renaissance and the forces that drove this rebirth in Europe, and in Italy in particular."
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