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Resource
List: The Renaissance
These items are a selection of resources
that I compiled for a Selection of Resources assignment. These
resources were selected to support a Renaissance unit at the grade
8 level while also supporting other secondary courses such as
Fine Arts, Music, and Comparative Civilizations.
GENERAL/HISTORY:
DDC: 940.21
Langley, Andrew. Renaissance. Eyewitness Books. Toronto:
Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited, 1999.
Summary: Takes you through the Renaissance from its origins in the
Middle Ages to its legacy. Some topics covered which support a Social
Studies 8 unit are: Renaissance men, the Church, art, science, and
technology.
Grade Range: 4 to 9.
Format: Hardcover. 64 pages. Dimensions
(inches) 8 x 11
ISBN 0-7737-3179-2
Purchase Information: $19.95 at Chapters.ca
DDC: 940.21
Wood, Tim. The Renaissance. New York: Viking, 1993.
Summary: Covers many of the topics in this unit, especially exploration,
patronage, women at court, science, and the Reformation. Also contains
four peel-back see-through pages.
Ages: 9-12
Format: Paperback. 48 pages. Dimensions (inches) 0.48 x 11.42 x
9.73
ISBN: 0-670-85149-3
Purchase Information: $30.95 at Chapters.ca
ART:
DDC: 709.024
Cole, Alison. Renaissance. Eyewitness Books. London: Dorling
Kindersley Publishers, 2000.
Summary: Guide to the art of the Northern and Italian Renaissance
from the 14th to 16th century.
Ages: 9-12
Format: Hardcover. 64 pages. Dimensions (inches) 0.46 x 11.36 x
8.74
ISBN: 078945582X
Purchase Information: $24.95 at Chapters.ca
DDC: 759.5
Constantino, Maria. Leonardo. New York: Smithmark Publishers,
Inc., 1994. Summary: Overview of da Vinci's life and work with large-size
colour reproductions.
Format: Hardcover. 112 pages. Dimensions (inches) 14.25 x 10.25
ISBN: 0765192799
Purchase Information: $14.99 at Chapters.ca
DDC: 759
Cumming, Robert. Great Artists. Annotated Guides Series.
New York: DK Publishing Inc., 1998.
Summary: Contains information on 50 artists over six centuries with
250 illustrations. A fair number of Renaissance artists are covered
and the book will also be useful for other periods.
Format: Hardcover. 112 pages. Dimensions (inches) 13.75 x 10.25
ISBN: 0-7894-2391-x
Purchase Information: $38.50 at Chapters.ca
DDC: 709.2 Goldscheider, Ludwig. Michelangelo:
Paintings, Sculpture, Architecture. Canada: Penguin Books of
Canada, Limited, 1996.
Summary: This book is in its 6th edition and it appears to be a
mainstay of libraries because it is the only single volume work
which contains all of Michelangelo's work.
Format: Paperback. 280 pages 6th edition. Dimensions (inches) 1.26
x 11.93 x 8.96
ISBN: 0714832960
Purchase Information: $45.00 from Chapters.ca
DDC: 709
O'Reilly, Wenda Brewster. The Renaissance Art Game. USA:
Birdcage Books, 2000.
Summary: Renaissance art book that comes with 30 playing cards so
students can learn about the Renaissance while playing games.
Format: Paperback. 80 pages. 30 playing cards. Dimensions (inches)
1.23 x 10.41 x 7.80
ISBN: 1889613029
Purchase Information: $38.95 at Chapters.ca
DDC: 709
Kemp, Martin, ed. The Oxford History of Western Art. New
York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Summary: Comprehensive reference work which contains western artwork
over the last 2 700 years. The book would be useful as a starting
point for researching of Renaissance art and getting an overview
of the period.
Format: Hardcover. 648 pages. Dimensions (inches) 1.91 x 11.21 x
8.95
ISBN: 0198600127
Purchase Information: $89.95 at Chapters.ca
Biography:
DDC: 940.21
Rabb, Theodore K. Renaissance Lives: Portraits of an Age.
USA: Basic Books, 1999.
Summary: Biographies of Renaissance figures such as Titian, Galileo,
Catherine de Medici, John Milton, Gentileschi, and others. Contains
wonderful illustrations. Book is of particular significance because
of the biographies of two female Renaissance figures: Catherine
de Medici and Artemisia Gentileschi.
Format: Paperback. 263 pages. Dimensions (inches) 0.86 x 9.21 x
6.12
ISBN: 0465068006
Purchase Information: $26.50 at Chapters.ca (note: author's name
is misspelled Raab).
Literature:
DDC: 792.09421
Aliki. William Shakespeare and the Globe. New York: HarperCollins
Publishers, 1999.
Summary: A very informative picture book on Shakespeare and the
Globe theatre which will be accessible to low level readers but
interesting to higher level readers as well.
Ages: 4-8
Format: Hardcover. 48 pages. Dimensions (inches) 0.44 x 12.31 x
9.44
ISBN: 0060278218 (lib. bdg.)
Purchase Information: $23.89 at Chapters.ca
DDC: 809.894
Atchity, Kenneth J., ed. The Renaissance Reader. New York:
HarperCollins, 1996.
Summary: Contains "firsthand encounters with the Renaissance including
letters, diaries, orations, autobiographies, essays, songs, poetry,
and art." These primary documents tend to be short or excerpts from
longer documents so they are fairly accessible to secondary students.
Format: Paperback. 400 pages. Dimensions (inches) 1.12 x 9.21 x
7.37
ISBN: 0-06-27-3503-9
Purchase Information: $20.00 (US) at Amazon.com
Music:
DDC: 780.94
Palisca, Claude, ed. The Norton Anthology of Western Music Short
Recordings. Compact Discs. 4th ed. W. W. Norton & Company, 2001.
Summary: The Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music is comprised
of 12 CDs and is used in college music courses. The 4 volume concise
edition is lower in cost and more suited to a high school library
and that is the one that I am recommending. It contains 149 pieces
of western music so it will provide a suitable historical overview
(including the Renaissance) without overwhelming students.
Format: 4 Compact Discs. 4th edition.
ISBN: 0-393-97733-1
Purchase information: $58.75 (US) at W.W. Norton & Company.
BC Sales Representative is Nicole
Albas
$63.90 (US) at Amazon.com for 1996 edition (ISBN 0393100596) so
price may come down for this older edition.
Science
and Technology:
DDC: 509
January, Brendan. Science in the Renaissance. USA: Franklin
Watts, 1999. Summary: Describes advances in scientific knowledge
that occurred during the Renaissance in Europe during the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries.
Ages: 9-12.
Format: Hardcover. School & Library Binding. 64 pages. Dimensions
(inches) 0.42 x 8.24 x 9.55
ISBN 0-531-11526-7
Purchase Information: $37.99 at Chapters.ca
Women:
DDC: 920.72
Leon, Vicki, and Mary Rodd Furbee. Outrageous Women of the Renaissance.
USA: Wiley, 1999.
Summary: Lively stories of 15 "outrageous" women who lived during
the Renaissance.
Age: 10 - 14
Format: Paperback. 128 pages. Dimensions (inches) 0.37 x 9.00 x
7.50
ISBN: 0471296848
Purchase information: $19.95 from Chapters.ca
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