Feature one famous artist a month with a series of portraits, biographies, and examples of their gallery. With masters such as Augustus Rodin, Francisco Goya, and Michelangelo, the resource provides opportunities every month for kids to...

Lots of interesting facts about the Sistine Chapel, its history, Michelangelo, and about visiting it.

The BBC presents the topic in this thematic exerpt from Simon Schama's popular visual art documantary "Power of Art".

Artlex.com defines and describes mannerism in European art between 1520 and 1600 with examples by Michelangelo, El Greco, and others. Features links to related artists, concepts, terms, and examples.

This is a great informative site that contains an in-depth history of the artist's life as well as examples of his work.

This site from ibiblio.com explains the Renaissance, not only as a time period, but as how it changed thought, writing, and art throughout Europe. See links to Renaissance in Italy, Germany and Netherlands.