Renaissance art: References & Edit History
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| Article revised and updated. | Oct 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art UK - Renaissance. | Aug 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Art in the Renaissance. | Jan 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Parkland College - SPARK: Scholarship at Parkland - Renaissance Techniques of Italy and Northern Europe: Comparison and Contrast of Regional Techniques (PDF). | Oct 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Boise State Pressbooks - Introduction To Art - Early Renaissance. | Aug 28, 2025 | ||
| Replaced expired image. | May 05, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smarthistory - Art in the Italian Renaissance Republics, c. 1400�1600. | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 14, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Mystery, magic and truth : faith and reason explored in Renaissance art. | Aug 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project - Encounters With the Arts: Readings for ARTC150 (Previous Version) - The Renaissance Model of Art. | Mar 07, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 01, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art in Context - Renaissance Art Europes Cultural Rebirth. | Jun 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Italian Renaissance Art. | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Renaissance Art. | Aug 19, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 31, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Renaissance art. | Jul 14, 2017 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Aug 20, 2014 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 16, 2010 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Aug 13, 2009 |
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