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Digital libraries can provide you with primary documents about what was happening at times throughout history. Here are some recommended websites and meta-searchers:
"The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1750), currently containing over 8,000 reproductions. Biographies, commentaries, guided tours are available."