LATE RENAISSANCE AND MANNERISM REFERENCES:
1.
Botticelli: http://www.sandrobotticelli.net/
Homepage for this artist. Biographical details, complete works and links to other sites. http://www.artble.com/artists/sandro_botticelli
Useful site including biographical information, notes on style and technique as well as influences and context http://www.nndb.com/people/734/000084482/
Extensive article with lots on context and Renaissance art mid to high Renaissance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdp22elrY7s
Great Smarthistory short commentary on the Birth of Venus including the patronage and meaning behind the art work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXivElRcuRg
Excellent documentary about the Primavera – its history and symbolism.
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Mantegna: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/andrea-mantegna
Good introduction to this artist with a wide selection of art works, with notes on each one. http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=785
Extensive biographical, contextual and stylistic information and discussion of a wide selection of art works. http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/mantegna.html
Brief description of his style and discussion of key influences. Has an extensive list of his art works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6LeQ-csgHk
Excellent discussion on the work of Mantegna from the Metropolitan Museum of
Art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiB8Cvhhvvw
Short Smarthistory video about Mantegna’s Dead Christ and his use of perspective and foreshortening
3.
Giovanni Bellini: http://www.artble.com/artists/giovanni_bellini
Extensive notes on biography, style and influences as well as information on
Venetian painting https://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=290
Extensive notes on Bellini’s life and his work. Wide range of art works included

http://www.virtualuffizi.com/giovanni-bellini.html
Notes on Bellini and his art works in the Uffizi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enV6_NQEpEI
Smarthistory discussion about Bellini’s Agony in the Garden and comparison to
Mantegna’s version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCu83PcEQ1U
Informative discussion about one of Bellini’s key works the San Zachariah Altarpiece
4.
Leonardo da Vinci: http://www.leonardoda-vinci.org/
Homepage for this artist. Extensive notes on biography, style and influences.
Complete works with details plus a slideshow. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/leon/hd_leon.htm
Useful website on drawings, Last Supper and Mona Lisa. Also, a section on thematic essays of the Renaissance, including portraiture, anatomy and architecture. http://legacy.mos.org/leonardo/
Interesting site that looks at the complete Leonardo – the ‘Renaissance Man’. http://www.universalleonardo.org/activities.php
Fascinating multi-media site with activities for students looking at both Leonardo’s accomplishments as a scientist and inventor as well as an artist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjoSrOTRytM
Interesting video outlining Leonardo’s ideas about anatomy and the human body https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV6_wTrkd70
Smarthistory video analysing the Last Supper.
5.
Raphael Santi: http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/r/raphael/biograph.html
Good site for biographical information, influences and notes about key art works http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/raphael.html
Detailed notes and extensive list of art works each with links to detailed notes on each one. http://www.abc-people.com/data/rafael-santi/bio-eng.htm
Detailed information about each of Raphael’s three artistic periods http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Raphael.html
Website with information on Raphael as well as other Renaissance artists – Italian and Northern painters and sculptors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZfRXQdTP2o
Short video about Raphael’s painting and architectural commissions in Rome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=terY5bKSdc0
In-depth documentary about the life and art of Raphael.
6.
Michelangelo Buonarotti: http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html
Homepage for this artist. Biographies, art works and teaching resources. http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/m/michelan/biograph.html
Website with extensive links to notes and complete art works – sculpture, architecture and painting. http://www.michelangelo-gallery.org/home-2-24-1-0.html
Extensive range of art works including drawings and details of the Sistine Ceiling http://www.virtualuffizi.com/michelangelo-buonarroti.html
Uffizi website with links to rooms with works by Michelangelo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N4INxLPO5c
Video with commentary about Michelangelo his life and work – has Greek or Latin subtitles but narrated in English. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEE3B8Fsuc0
Informative SmartHistory video about the Sistine Ceiling
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Pontormo: http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/p/pontormo/
Good selection of Pontormo’s works with notes from early paintings through to late works. http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/p/pontormo/4capponi/1depos.html
Detailed notes on the Deposition http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/pontormo-joseph-with-jacob-in-egypt
Notes and panels from Pontormo’s work Scenes from the Story of Joseph http://www.virtualuffizi.com/jacopo-pontormo.html
Notes and art works by Pontormo at the Uffizi.

http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/pontormo-entombment.html
Excellent short video about Potormo’s Deposition (Entombment). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj17foaKAVU
Interesting video about Pontormo’s Visitation as part of an exhibition at the Palazzo
Strozzi March – July, 2014.
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Bronzino http://www.artble.com/artists/agnolo_bronzino
Interesting website including biography, key works and influences http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/b/bronzino/biograph.html
Biography, influences and major works as a virtual tour. http://www.virtualuffizi.com/agnolo-bronzino.html
Notes and art work from the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/bar_bronz.html
Website focussing on portraiture and Bronzino’s particular style of Mannerism http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/bronzino-portraits.html
Video on Bronzino and the Mannerist portrait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w2E8G0sEPc
Useful video about Bronzino’s Allegory of Venus and Cupid.
9.
Titian http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tita/hd_tita.htm
Great website with biographical notes, slideshow as well as a thematic essay about
C16th painting in Venice. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/titian/
Good biographical and stylistic information as well as links to influences http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/t/tiziano/biograph.html
Extensive chronological description of work with links to notes for as well as virtual tour. http://www.titian-tizianovecellio.org/
Website for this artist – the complete works with notes, links and slideshow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD6ct0VS15c
Very useful video about Titian’s Venus of Urbino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ngmZo-dvy4
Good video about the Pesaro Altarpiece, Santa Maria Gloriosa die Frari, Venice
Architecture
St Peter’s Basilica http://www.saintpetersbasilica.org/
Site for the Basilica, Rome. http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en.html
Vatican State site – Basilica and surrounding environs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svVc3i71uQk
Short but informative video on the Basilica.
Tempietto of San Pietro http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Tempietto_of_San_Pietro.html
RomeTempietto.pdf
Article about the building is short but the site has great photographs http://www.italian-architecture.info/ROME/RO-027.htm
Architecture of Rome site including information about San Pietro http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/tempietto.html
Useful video about Bramante’s Tempietto
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Renaissance in its entirety as an art period: http://italianrenaissanceresources.com/
Great teaching resources and information for teaching the Renaissance art
period.