Renaissance People
Artists:
http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/early-modern-europe/renaissance
http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/497788/Renaissance-art
Artist names highlighted throughout the text.
*If you google Renaissance artists, it will display pictures and names of all the artists on the top. If you click on your artist, you will find many websites about each one.
Humanists:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Renaissance_humanists
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/ren-humanism/
Explorers:
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/explorers.html
Brief descriptions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Renaissance_figures#Explorers_and_navigators
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/famous-explorers.htm
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Renaissance/Explorers/index.htm
Made for Kids, easy to understand
Scientists:
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/scientists.html
Brief descriptions
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/renaissance-science.html
Can click on scientists from within the text
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/galileo-and-the-art-of-renaissance-science.html
Galileo only
http://www.all-about-renaissance-faires.com/renaissance_info/renaissance_and_humanism.htm
Has info on all aspects of the Renaissance
http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/early-modern-europe/renaissance
http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/497788/Renaissance-art
Artist names highlighted throughout the text.
*If you google Renaissance artists, it will display pictures and names of all the artists on the top. If you click on your artist, you will find many websites about each one.
Humanists:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Renaissance_humanists
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/ren-humanism/
Explorers:
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/explorers.html
Brief descriptions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Renaissance_figures#Explorers_and_navigators
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/famous-explorers.htm
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Renaissance/Explorers/index.htm
Made for Kids, easy to understand
Scientists:
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/scientists.html
Brief descriptions
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/renaissance-science.html
Can click on scientists from within the text
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/galileo-and-the-art-of-renaissance-science.html
Galileo only
http://www.all-about-renaissance-faires.com/renaissance_info/renaissance_and_humanism.htm
Has info on all aspects of the Renaissance