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Italian Program

 

References

 

Dictionaries English dictionary of word origins.
  Use the search box on the far left.
  Tesoro della Lingua Italiana delle Origini
  Perseus Digital Library at Tufts University
  Perseus Digital Library at Tufts University
 
 
Bibles The Bible Gateway has 11 versions of the Bible that are all searchable by passage or word.
  The Bible Gateway in Italian has three versions of the Bible that are also searchable by passage or word.
  Biblia Sacra Vulgata
 
 
Concordances Search Longfellow's Translation.
  Search Dante's Original Text.
  Search Boccaccio's Original Text.
 
 
Encyclopedias Provides short bios of many authors in Italian.
  Provides biographies of authors, popes, saints, etc., and information about Catholic practices.
 
 
Resources from Bowdoin's Library Search journals of literary criticism.
  Gateway to the middle ages and renaissance.
  Online full text historical journals.
  Online full text philosophy, literature, and humanities journals.
   
 
 
Timelines  
  From 1350 to 1550, which includes many important events in literature, art and history.
 
 
Medieval and Renaissance Sites A list of websites about a wide range of 16th and 17th century topics.
  This site includes a lot of background information plus focuses on Pico della Mirandola, Leonardo, and Machiavelli.
  A site devoted to links about the Renaissance grouped by subjects which include the arts, religion, daily life, timelines, maps, humanism and the scientific revolution, primary documents, and general information.
  This site is devoted to the painters, architects, and sculptors who were assembled by Giorgio Vasari to dine with Cardinal Farnese in 1546; including Brunelleshi, Giotto, Ghiberti, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo, and many more.
  This site has texts, information about saint's lives, and more links.
 
 
Links for some authors to full text, links to articles, art work, and other sites.
   
  Prof. Heinrich C. Kuhn's excellent site of Renaissance resources on the internet, with an emphasis on Renaissance philosophy and history.
 
 
  This site has small sections in Italian about the Dolce Stil Nuovo, the Scuola Siciliana, and a few poets.
  In Italian, gives a short description of this style, and the historical period.
  Comprehensive site of Art History Resources on the Web by Chris Witcombe of Sweet Briar College.
  Comprehensive site of Art History Resources on the Web by Chris Witcombe of Sweet Briar College.
  Comprehensive site of Art History Resources on the Web by Chris Witcombe of Sweet Briar College.
  Comprehensive site of Art History Resources on the Web by Chris Witcombe of Sweet Briar College.
In Italian
Information about Le Scuole Poetiche in Italian.
In Italian
Search definitions and examples of rhetorical tropes.
 

 

 

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