• Click a period cloud
• Move the maps around with your mouse
• Click on different entries for more information
• Scroll the timeline (both above and below) with your mouse wheel
• Plus lots more.

The term renaissance literally means “rebirth.” This was a period in Europe when major change was taking place. In many ways, it was the rebirth (return) of Europe as it had been during the days of Ancient Greece and Rome. Trade increased, merchants became wealthy, new learning took place, interest in the arts blossomed, and towns and cities grew. The gloom and despair of the Middle Ages had been chased away by the brilliance of a new era, the Renaissance!

Click the image above to access our online exhibit.

Here is a terrific site for further exploration: Interactive Renaissance Art website

Parents / Teachers

Note: The original json file was corrupted. I have since re-keyed the data into an xls file. Slobo has written a converter that takes the tab-delimited txt file saved from the xls and generates the json file. You can download it below. The corrected json is now using exhibit instead of runway due to it’s data filtering capabilities. You can download our json file and html file below. 09/01/09 Ms. Barrett

Downloads

(Right click and save-as)
html
json
EFC program to convert tab-delimited to json or append to existing json data file
EFC Program WIKI

Some of the fine folks, whom without their help, this would not be possible:
The awesome group at MIT. Visit Simile Widgets online., Slobokan, and the kind help of Juan Francisco Martínez Cerdá

Presidential Timelines at SIMILE

How many of our former President’s were from the eastern United States?
How many of our former President’s were Baptist?
These questions and more can be answered by clicking the image above.