| AA305 - The Renaissance in Europe:
A Cultural Enquiry
The following sites have been identified by the course team as specially relevant to the concerns of AA305:
The Art of Renaissance science : Galileo and perspective
A series of online lectures by Professor Joseph W. Dauben covering the relationship between art and science in the Renaissance, with a particular focus on Galileo. It contains images, sound files and computer animations.
Cambridge English Renaissance Electronic Service (CERES)
The Ceres Links is an extensive list of Renaissance web sites, and there is also an online newsletter which reviews electronic Renaissance resources. Please note that some resources referred to are subscription only; OU students should locate these resources through the Open University Library site.
The End of Europe's middle ages: fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
Online tutorial located within the University of Calgary web site. "Designed to assist those students engaged in Renaissance, Reformation and Early Modern studies who lack a background in medieval European history. Intended to provide a brief overview of the conditions at the end of Europe's Middle Ages, the tutorial is presented in a series of chapters that summarize the economic, political, religious and intellectual environment of the 14th and 15th centuries." Includes bibliography and associated links.
Galleria degli Uffizi
The gallery, located in Florence, contains paintings from the thirteeth to the eighteenth centuries. There is a large selection of paintings to view online, including work by Canaletto, Caravaggio, Tintoretto, Lippi and Leonardo da Vinci, as well as German and Flemish masters. With indices of rooms, artists, and works. The site is in English.
A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
Ever wondered what a bladder pipe was? Or a lizard, or a transverse flute? Wonder no longer: this fabulous website has images of people playing these instruments in period costume with MP3 files to demonstrate what they sounded like.
Luminarium : 16th century English literature (1485-1603)
Extensive site containing online texts of sixteenth-century literature as well as images, biographies and related web links. Includes full texts, biography and secondary materials on Sir Thomas More.
The OU Guide to the Renaissance
This was produced to accompany the TV series Renaissance Secrets and is aimed at a general audience. The website for the series gives background information to another BBC/OU co-production on the Renaissance, which includes useful materials on Venice, Gutenberg, Italian Renaissance hospitals, and a conspiracy to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I.
Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Architectural History
Description: Images included in this collection are scanned from slides used in lectures on 'Renaissance and Baroque Architecture' at the University of Virginia. Focus is on Florence, Venice, Filippo Brunelleschi, Italy, and classicism in France.
RENAISSANCE forum
An interdisciplinary refereed electronic journal of early modern English literary and historical studies. The journal is published biannually by the Departments of English and History at the University of Hull and is a particularly good source for material and up-to-date views on the Renaissance in Britain.
Rome reborn : the Vatican Library and Renaissance culture
Description: Online version of a book published to accompany a Library of Congress exhibition of items from the Vatican Library relating to Renaissance culture. Includes quality images and scholarly accompanying text.
The Society for Renaissance Studies
This useful website puts you in touch with SRS, which publishes the Renaissance Studies journal. From this you can find out more about the Society and how to join. Of particular interest for AA305 students are the SRS's meetings, which are regularly held in London and in Scotland.
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