Renaissance
- Carmen Bambach, Anatomy in the Renaissance, The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/anat/hd_anat.htm
- Renaissance Art and Architecture, Oxford Art Online https://www.oxfordartonline.com/page/renaissance-art-and-architecture
Giotto, Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel
- Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, Giotto, Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, Smarthistory https://smarthistory.org/giotto-arena-scrovegni-chapel/
Renaissance art and the Papacy
- Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, Toward the High Renaissance, an introduction, Smarthistory https://smarthistory.org/toward-the-high-renaissance-an-introduction/
- Michael Norris, The Papacy during the Renaissance, The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pape/hd_pape.htm
- What was the Role of the Popes in the Renaissance?, Daily History (ww.dailyhistory.org) https://dailyhistory.org/What_was_the_role_of_the_Popes_in_the_Renaissance%3F
Michelangelo’s David
- The Story of Michelangelo’s David, Victoria and Albert Museum https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-story-of-michelangelos-david
Renaissance in the North
- Jason Farago, Seeing Our Own Reflection in the Birth of the Self-Portrait, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/25/arts/durer-self-portrait.html
- Jacob Wisse, The Reformation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/refo/hd_refo.htm
- Andrea Bayer, Northern Italian Renaissance Painting, The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nirp/hd_nirp.htm
Northern Renaissance Art
- Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini Portrait, The National Gallery in London (watch video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM6d9BOj4Ww
- Jacob Wisse, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525–1569), The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/brue/hd_brue.htm
Italian Baroque Art
- Esperança Camara, Baroque art, an introduction, Smarthistory https://smarthistory.org/a-beginners-guide-to-baroque-art/
- Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio 1571 – 1610, The National Gallery in London https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/michelangelo-merisi-da-caravaggio
- Veronica White, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bern/hd_bern.htm
Baroque Art in the North
- Walter Liedtke, Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) and Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641): Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rvd_p/hd_rvd_p.htm
- Walter Liedtke, Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/verm/hd_verm.htm
Velazquez
- Museo del Prado, Las Meninas https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/las-meninas/9fdc7800-9ade-48b0-ab8b-edee94ea877f
- Casey Lesser, Centuries Later, People Still Don’t Know What to Make of “Las Meninas”, Artsy https://www.artsy.net/series/stories-10-art-historys-iconic-works/artsy-editorial-centuries-people-las-meninas
Saint Peter’s Basilica and Bernini
- Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Smarthistory https://smarthistory.org/st-peters-basilica/
- Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter’s Square, Smarthistory https://smarthistory.org/bernini-st-peters-square-2/
Colonization of the Americas
- The Spanish conquistadores and colonial empire, Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/precontact-and-early-colonial-era/spanish-colonization/a/the-spanish-conquistadores-and-colonial-empire
- Timeline for Colonial Latin America, Brown University https://library.brown.edu/create/modernlatinamerica/chapters/chapter-2-the-colonial-foundations/chapter-2-timeline/
- History of Spanish Colonialism, Britannica Encyclopedia https://www.britannica.com/video/180002/Overview-Spain-history (video)
Aztec Art
- Heidi King, Aztec Stone Sculpture, The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/azss/hd_azss.htm
- H.B. Nicholson and Eloise Quiñones Keber, Art of Aztec Mexico. Treasures of Tenochtitlan, The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/art-of-aztec-mexico.pdf (exhibition catalogue from 1983 in D.C.; just browse through focusing on the diversity of styles and forms)
Cusco School in modern-day Peru
- Ananda Cohen-Aponte, Our Lady of Cocharcas and the Cuzco School of Painting, Kahn Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-americas/new-spain/viceroyalty-peru/a/our-lady-of-cocharcas-and-the-cuzco-school-of-painting
- Mya Dosch, Cusco School Artist, Saint Joseph and the Christ Child, Smarthistory https://smarthistory.org/cusco-school-artist-saint-joseph-and-the-christ-child/
Islamic Art and the Ottoman Empire
- Suzan Yalman, The Art of the Ottomans before 1600, The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/otto1/hd_otto1.htm
- Marika Sardar, The Art of the Ottomans after 1600, The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/otto_2/hd_otto_2.htm
- Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, Arts of the Islamic World, The Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-islam/beginners-guide-islamic-world-art/beginners-guide-islamic-art/a/arts-of-the-islamic-world
Architecture in the Ottoman Empire
- Emma Wegner, Hagia Sophia, 532–37, The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/haso/hd_haso.htm
- Hagia Sophia, The History Channel https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-greece/hagia-sophia
- Süleymaniye Mosque, Smarthistory https://smarthistory.org/mimar-sinan-suleymaniye-mosque-istanbul/
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