Good one-page biography of the most-famous left hander in history from the BBC Historic Figures series.
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vinci/
Useful collection of the works of Leonardo da Vinci – click on the thumbnail to see a larger image.
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/
Probably the best site about Leonardo da Vinci on the Web . It was created by the Museum of Science in Boston and is designed for students The Exploring Leonardo and the Multimedia Zone are very good.
Michelangelo
www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/michelangelo/
A brief introduction to the artist and his creations.
http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html
Three part biography of one of the greatest artistic geniuses of all time – and another left-hander! Divided into Early Life, Mid Years and Final Days.
http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/x-Pano/CSN/Visit_CSN_Main.html
From the Vatican Museums website take a virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel and view some of Michelangelo’s most famous works.
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/m/michelan/biograph.html
Collection of Michelangelo’s works divided into Sculptures , Paintings , Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, Drawings and Architectural works. Click on the topic you want to see thumbnails of his work that you can click on to enlarge. This collection is from a site called the Web Gallery of Art.
Albrecht Durer
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/durer/
One-page feature on Durer with a large collection of thumbnails of his most famous works.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/online_tours/europe
Collection of 28 of Durer’s works held by the British Museum – click on the thumbnail image to view a larger picture and to find out more detail about the piece.
