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The Knowledge Explosion

  • Critically examine the impact of major Renaissance contributions on the development of the Western worldview.
  • Create an effective illustrated presentation or a display to explain the key developments in an assigned field and their impact.

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References

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Title: "Humanism in the Renaissance"
Description: Topics covered in this six-volume encyclopedia are architecture and design, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater and visual arts. Information is presented in chronologies, sidebars, primary documents, biographies and critical narrative analysis.
Author/Editor: Soergel, Philip M., ed.
Published by: Arts and Humanities through the Eras, Renaissance Europe, 1300–1600.Vol. 4, pp. 225–232.Detroit: Gale, 2005

 

Title: Renaissance
Host: Annenberg Media, Learner.org
Description: This website contains information about exploration and trade, printing and thinking, art, architecture and music, Florence and the beginnings of the Renaissance.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to view complete text. Click on highlighted text in the last paragraph to advance to the next screen.
URL: http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/

 

Title: Web Gallery of Art: Welcome to the Gallery!
Host: Emil Kren and Daniel Marx, Web Gallery of Art
Description: This website contains a virtual museum and a searchable database of European painting and sculpture from12th to the mid-19th centuries. The site was created for students and teachers and has a large collection of Renaissance art by numerous artists.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to the bottom of the screen to view navigation and search instructions. Click on a name of an artist in the Artist Index or enter search terms in the search box at the bottom of the screen. Click on Tours in the menu bar at the top of the screen to view descriptions of available tours and to select a virtual tour. Click on other topic in the menu bar to access additional information.
URL: http://www.wga.hu/index1.html

 

Title: Life of an Artist: Biographies and Galleries. Donatello—Sculptor of Florence (1383–1466)
Host: Jalic Inc.
Description: This website contains information about early Renaissance Italian artist and sculptor Donatello and an image gallery of his works.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to  access complete text. Click on Gallery of Donatello near the centre of the screen to view thumbnail images of his sculptures. Click on thumbnails to enlarge them. Click on names of other artists under Index of Artists at the bottom of the screen to access information about their lives and works.
URL: http://www.artist-biography.info/artist/donatello/

 

Title: Astronomy: Renaissance Personalities
Host: Washington State University
Description: This website contains information about Renaissance astronomers—Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to access complete text, portraits, images and a summary chart.
URL: http://astro.wsu.edu/worthey/astro/html/lec-persons.html

 

Title: Indexes of Biographies
Host: School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Description: This website contains an index of biographies of mathematicians. The index is searchable either alphabetically or chronologically.
Navigation Tips: Click on a letter for an alphabetical search or click on a date to search by time periods. Then, click on a name to access information and portrait.
URL: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html

 

Title: A Timeline of Western Philosophers
Host: Garth Kemerling
Description: This website contains a time line of philosophers of the Western tradition. The site includes a list of famous philosophers, a history of Western Philosophy, a dictionary of philosophical terms and names, a detailed discussion about major philosophers and a study guide.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to view the time line. Renaissance philosophers can be selected from the time period of 1400 to 1650. Click on a name of a philosopher to access his information. Click on highlighted terms within the text to access additional related information.
URL: http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/zt.htm

 

Title: Medieval Women
Host: McMaster University
Description: This website contains interactive displays about the life of medieval women.
Navigation Tips: Click on titles or objects to access information.
URL:  

 

Title: The Medici Family 1: The Glorious 1400’s
Host: Adrian Fletcher, Paradoxplace
Description: This website contains information about the Medici family members from 1360 to 1537 as well as portraits, paintings and photographs of artifacts.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to access text and images. Click on underlined terms within the text to access additional information. Click on a name in the chart near the top of the screen to go directly to the information and additional links related to that individual.
URL:  

 

Title: Elizabeth 1, 1533–1603: Patron of the Renaissance
Host: Yukon Education Student Network
Description: This website contains student-prepared information about Queen Elizabeth I.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to access complete text. Click on Back to Renaissance Personalities Home Page at the bottom of the screen to access information about other Renaissance personalities.
URL: http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/elizabeth1.html

 

Title: Francis 1, 1494–1547: Renaissance politician
Host: Yukon Education Student Network
Description: This website contains student-prepared information about France's first Renaissance monarch—Francis I, crowned King of France in 1515.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to access complete text. Click on Back to Renaissance Personalities Home Page at the bottom of the screen to access information about other Renaissance personalities.
URL: http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/francis.html

 

Title: The Galileo Project
Host: The Galileo Project, Office of the Vice President of Computing of Rice University
Description: This website contains information and images related to Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher Galileo Galilei.
Navigation Tips: Click on topics under Galileo to access information. Click on categories in the left-hand-side menu to access additional related information.
URL: http://galileo.rice.edu/sitemap.html

 

Title: Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens
Host: NOVA Science Programming, PBS
Description: This website contains information about the life of Italian scientist Galileo Galilei, his inventions and theories and his struggles with the church authorities.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to access the menu. Click on a category or an icon to access information. Click on His Life to view a time line. Click on Teacher’s Guide to access teaching activities and materials.
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/galileo/

 

Title: Leonardo da Vinci: Scientist, Inventor, Artist
Host: Museum of Science, Boston
Description: This website contains information about Italian scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician and writer Leonardo da Vinci. The Multimedia Zone contains a video, an audio clip and interactive activities.
Navigation Tips: Click on an icon to access information. Click on Leonardo’s Toolbox near the bottom of the screen to download software for viewing the multimedia presentations.
URL: https://www.mos.org/leonardo/

 

Title: Moliere-French Dramatist
Host: DiscoverFrance.net
Description: This website contains a biography of the French dramatist Moliere (1622-1673)
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to access complete text and images.
URL: http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Theatre/Moliere/moliere.shtml

 

Title: A Selected Guide to Shakespeare on the Internet
Host: York University
Description: This website contains a database of information about William Shakespeare’s life and works.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to view a complete list of topics. Click on a topic to access information.
URL: http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/text/shaksintsites.html

 

Title: Alphabetical List
Host: Library and Archives Canada
Description: This website contains an alphabetical list of explorers, dates of their explorations and related information.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to view complete list of names. Click on a name of an explorer to access information about him. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on Previous or Next under Alphabetical Navigation or Chronological Navigation to select other explorers.
URL: http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passages-ef/passages/h8-247-e.html
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