5th Grade Renaissance Biography

Read annotations for lists of figures that can be found. Additional resources follow. Every figure should have at least two resources.

Britannica School

Use Middle School for your searching. Articles Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Brunelleschi, Petrarch, Lorenzo de' Medici, Cosimo de' Medici, Ghiberti, Savonarola, Raphael, Donatello, Botticelli, Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Galileo, and Eleonora Duse. Search for House of Este for mention of Isabella d'Este, and Borgia Family for mention of Cesare Borgia.


World Book Student

Articles on Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Brunelleschi, Petrarch, Raphael, Ghiberti, Donatello, Botticelli, Lorenzo de' Medici, Cosimo de' Medici, Savonarola, Cesare Borgia, Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Galileo, and Eleonora Duse.


Gale In Context: Elementary

Articles for Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Brunelleschi, Petrarch, Lorenzo de' Medici, Cosimo de' Medici, Ghiberti, Savonarola, Raphael, Donatello, Botticelli, Sofonisba Anguissola, Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Galileo, and Eleonora Duse. Search Este for an article that includes Isabella d'Este.


BrainPOP

Videos about Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, and Galileo.


Brunelleschi

Brunelleschi on Biography.com

A longer article about Brunelleschi.


Michelangelo

Michelangelo on Biography.com

A longer article about Michelangelo.


Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci - The Genius

This website is dedicated entirely to the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci.


Leonardo da Vinci on Biography.com

A longer article about Leonardo da Vinci.


PebbleGo Biographies

Search Leonardo da Vinci for an easy-to-read article.


Isabella d'Este

Isabella d'Este

An article about Isabella d'Este.


Sofonisba Anguissola

Sofonisba Anguissola

This article goes over Anguissola's major works and how it contributed to other art of the time.


Invisible Women Clip

A very brief clip about Sofonisba