http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/liza/hd_liza.htm
The metropolitan museum has wonderful examples of artwork that were popular during Shakespeare’s life. The site also offers a brief summary concerning popular trends: “During the age of Elizabeth, painting was dominated by portraiture, particularly in the form of miniatures, while elaborate textiles and embroidery prevailed in the decorative arts, and sculpture found its place within the confines of tomb and architectural decoration. Elizabeth I's favored court painter, the Englishman Nicholas Hilliard (1547–1619), is best known for his miniature paintings.”

http://www.tudor-portraits.com/
This site examines the portraiture of Elizabethan England. This site allows us to gain a better understanding of how the rulers of the period saw themselves and how they wanted the people to see them as well.

http://costume.dm.net/jewelry/
Jewelry figured prominently in the dress, rituals, and customs of daily Elizabethan life. This site sets out what made Elizabethan jewelry unique. The site also features an interesting introduction on the methods used to cut precious stones:

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/index.html
Literature provides a glimpse into the social and cultural fabric of a society. This site focuses on the literature of the 16^th century and contains essays, biographies, and more: “Literary  works in sixteenth-century England were rarely  if ever created in isolation from other currents in the social and cultural world. The boundaries  that divided the texts we now regard as aesthetic  from other texts were porous  and constantly shifting.”

http://renaissance.dm.net/sites.html
Music in Elizabethan England.