Welcome to Renaissance Lens

Books & Overviews

• The Lives of the Artists — Giorgio Vasari (free at Internet Archive)
• The Renaissance — Walter Pater (free at Internet Archive)
• Art in Renaissance Italy — John T. Paoletti & Gary M. Radke

Museums & Collections

• Uffizi Galleries (Florence)
• The Louvre (Paris)
• The National Gallery (London)
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
• Vatican Museums (Rome)

Open Image Repositories

Always check each work’s license—many museums allow free use with attribution.

• Wikimedia Commons — Renaissance category
• Google Arts & Culture
• The Met — Open Access Collection
• Rijksmuseum — Rijksstudio (Open Data)