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Master Artists FREE Resources (Please Note: Although we love many of the works of the master artists, we may or may not agree with how they lived their lives. Some of the recommended videos, books, or web pages touch on certain facets of their lives that may be unsuitable for children. Please use your own discretion as a parent.) Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452) Recommended Videos: Biography.com’s Leonardo da Vinci PBS Secrets of the Dead: The Mona Lisa Mystery The Many Layers of the Mona Lisa (Smithsonian Channel) The Last Supper (Khan Academy) The Codex: Leonardo da Vinci Meets Bill Gates Da Vinci’s Codex on the Flight of Birds (Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum) Recommended Books: Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer, by Robert Byrd Leonardo da Vinci, by Diane Stanley Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? by Roberta Edwards Leonardo da Vinci for Kids: His Life & Ideas, by Janis Herbert Twenty-Four Leonardo da Vinci Paintings (Collection for Kids), by Stanley Cesar Leonardo’s Anatomical Drawings, by Dover Art Library Journal of Inventions: Leonardo da Vinci, by Jasper Bark Leonardo da Vinci, by Brendan January Recommended Websites: Leonardo da Vinci Museum in Florence Museo Leonardiano in Vinci Leonardo da Vinci List of Works by Leonardo da Vinci (Wikipedia) Timeline of Leonardo da Vinci’s Life & the Mona Lisa (PBS) The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci The Mona Lisa Foundation (dedicated to the Isleworth Mona Lisa) 25 Secrets of the Mona Lisa Revealed 1 Alisha Gratehouse © Masterpiece Society 2020 Albrecht Dürer (May 21, 1471) Recommended Videos: Northern Renaissance: Birth of an Artist (BBC) Albrecht Dürer’s Sketchbook Dürer Masterpieces (Albertina Museum) Dürer, The Large Piece of Turf (Smarthistory) Dürer’s Woodcuts and Engravings (Smarthistory) Dürer, Self-Portrait (1500) (Smarthistory) Visiting Albrecht Dürer’s House Recommended Books: Albrecht Dürer (The Art Series for Children), by Ernest Lloyd Raboff Artist of the Reformation: Albrecht Dürer, by Joyce McPherson Albrecht Dürer, by Norbert Wolf Albrecht Dürer: 180 Master Drawings, by Blagoy Kiroff Albrecht Dürer and His Legacy, by Giulia Bartrum The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer, by Erwin Panofsky German Renaissance Prints, by Giulia Bartrum The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) Recommended Websites: Albrecht Dürer: The Complete Works Albrecht Dürer (Wiki Art) Albrecht Dürer (Wikipedia) Albrecht Dürer (Artsy) 2 Alisha Gratehouse © Masterpiece Society 2020 Michelangelo (March 6, 1475) Recommended Videos: • The Divine Michelangelo (Oxymoron) • Michelangelo: The Story of a Sculptor (Biographics) • Michelangelo Biography (Artrageous with Nate) • The Story of Michelangelo: Sculptor, Painter and Architect (Educational Video Library) Recommended Books: • Michelangelo (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia • Michelangelo: His Life and Works in 500 Images by Rosalind Ormiston • Michelangelo by Diane Stanley • Michelangelo: His Epic Life by Martin Gayford • The Life of Michelangelo by Ascanio Condivi • Michelangelo for Kids: His Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities by Simonetta Carr • Stone Giant: Michelangelo’s David and How He Came to Be by Jane Sutcliffe • Michelangelo Buonarroti (The Life and Work of . .) by Richard Tames • Michelangelo: The Artist, the Man and his Times by William E. Wallace • Michelangelo (Lives of the Artists) by Sean Connolly • Michelangelo (Famous Artists) by Jen Green • Michelangelo: Sculptor, Artist and Architect by Baby Professor Recommended Websites: • Michelangelo • Michelangelo: The Complete Works • Michelangelo Biography (Britannica) • Sistine Chapel (Britannica) • Virtual Tour of the Sistine Chapel (Vatican Museum) 3 Alisha Gratehouse © Masterpiece Society 2020 Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (April 6, 1483) Recommended Videos: Raphael A Mortal God (BBC Documentary) Raphael Documentary Raphael, School of Athens (Khan Academy) Art Analysis of Raphael’s The School of Athens (The Cogito) Recommended Books: • Raphael (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia • Raphael (Art Profiles for Kids) by Juliet Mofford • Raphael (Art for Children) by Ernest Raboff • Raphael by Roger Jones • Raphael (Great Artists) by Adam G Klein • Raphael: The School of Athens by Marco Carminati Recommended Websites • Raphael Biography • Raphael, The Complete Works • School of Athens (Khan Academy) • Raphael Rooms (Wikipedia) • Virtual Tour of the Raphael Rooms (Vatican Museum) • Raphael and His Circle Virtual Tour • Raphael Virtual Tour (Joy of Museums) 4 Alisha Gratehouse © Masterpiece Society 2020 Titian (1488) Recommended Videos: Titian, Madonna of the Pesaro Family (Khan Academy) Titian, Pieta (Khan Academy) Titian's Technique (The National Gallery) Titian Documentary – The Power of Art Recommended Books: Titian (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia Recommended Websites: Titian Biography Titian Titian Virtual Tour (Joy of Museums) Titian List of Artworks (Wiki Art) 5 Alisha Gratehouse © Masterpiece Society 2020 Michelangelo da Caravaggio (September 29, 1571) Recommended Videos: What Makes a Caravaggio? (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) The Life of Caravaggio (Now You Know About) Caravaggio's Calling of Saint Matthew (Smart History) Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus (Khan Academy) Caravaggio, Death of the Virgin (Khan Academy) Recommended Websites: Caravaggio Caravaggio (Britannica) Caravaggio Gallery Caravaggio Gallery (Wiki Art) 6 Alisha Gratehouse © Masterpiece Society 2020 Rembrandt van Rijn (July 15, 1606) Recommended Videos: Self-Portrait, 1659 (National Gallery of Art) Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (Khan Academy) Rembrandt’s Self-Portraits (Smart History) Rembrandt Laughing (Toledo Museum of Art) The Mill, 1645-1648 (National Gallery of Art) BBC Power of Art: Rembrandt The Complete Life of the Painter, Rembrandt van Rijn Rembrandt: Master of Light & Shadow Recommended Books: Rembrandt (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists), by Mike Venezia Rembrandt (Art Profiles for Kids), by Russell Roberts What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt? by Richard Muhlberger Rembrandt & Seventeenth Century Holland, by Claudio Pescio Rembrandt (Lives of the Artist), by Antony Mason Twenty- Four Rembrandt Paintings (Collection for Kids), by Stanley Cesar Introducing Rembrandt Hardcover by Alexander Sturgis Rembrandt and the Boy Who Drew Dogs by Molly Blaisdell A Weekend with Rembrandt by Pascal Bonafoux Rembrandt and Titus: Artist and Son by Madeleine Comora Recommended Websites: The Rembrandt House Museum Rembrandt van Rijn: Life & Works Rembrandt van Rijn: The Complete Works Rembrandt (Wikipedia) 7 Alisha Gratehouse © Masterpiece Society 2020 Johannes Vermeer (October 31, 1632) Recommended Videos: Vermeer: Master of Light Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring (Smarthistory) Johannes Vermeer, The Art of Painting (Smarthistory) Johannes Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance (Smarthistory) Tim’s Vermeer (This one isn’t available for free on YouTube, but you can rent it via YouTube Movies or Amazon Video. Watch the trailer here.) Recommended Books: Johannes Vermeer (Getting to Know the Great Artists), by Mike Venezia Vermeer’s Secret World, by Vincent Etienne Vermeer: The Complete Works, by Karl Schutz Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting, by Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr. and Quentin Buvelot Recommended Websites: Essential Vermeer The Vermeer Center Jan Vermeer van Delft: The Complete Works Vermeer: Rijks Museum 8 Alisha Gratehouse © Masterpiece Society 2020 Francisco de Goya (March 30, 1746) Recommended Videos: What's so great about Francisco Goya? Goya's Third of May, 1808 (Khan Academy) Goya, The Family of Charles IV (Khan Academy) Recommended Books: • Francisco Goya (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia • Goya: His Life & Works in 500 Images by Susie Hodge • Eyewitness: Goya by Patricia Wright • Francisco de Goya (Inspiring Artists) by Paul Rockett • Francisco Goya by Alix Wood Recommended Websites: Francisco Goya Biography (Britannica) Francisco Goya (National Gallery of Art) Francisco Goya (Wikipedia) Francisco Goya Gallery (Wiki Art) Francisco Goya (The Complete Works) Francisco Goya – Virtual Tour (Joy of Musesums) 9 Alisha Gratehouse © Masterpiece Society 2020 Edouard Manet (January 23, 1832) Recommended Videos: Understanding Modern Art (Khan Academy) Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (Khan Academy) Manet, Music in the Tuileries Gardens (Khan Academy) Manet, The Railway Manet and Modern Beauty Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère Recommended Books: • Manet: His Life and Work in 500 Images by Nigel Rodgers • Edouard Manet (Great Artists) by Iain Zaczek • Manet: A Visionary Impressionist (The Impressionists) by Henri Lallemand • Manet (Basic Art Series 2.0) by Gilles Néret • Manet (Art Profiles for Kids) by Kathleen Tracy • Édouard Manet (Artists Through the Ages) by Alix Wood Recommended Websites: Edouard Manet (Wikipedia) Edouard Manet Biography (Britannica) Edouard Manet Edouard Manet (Wiki Art) Edouard Manet (Joy of Museums) 10 Alisha Gratehouse © Masterpiece Society 2020 Edgar Degas (July 19, 1834) Recommended Videos: Degas Biography (Goodbye-Art Academy) Degas, The Dance Class (Smarthistory) Little Girl Practicing at the Barre (The Met) Degas, At the Races in the Countryside (Smarthistory) Degas, The Bellelli Family (Smarthistory) Insights: Degas Dancers (Royal Opera House) The Impressionists (BBC 3-part