This document provides an overview of artworks from the Late Gothic period to the Renaissance in three sentences: It begins with Italian artworks from the 13th century that showed early innovations in perspective and lighting, including works by Cimabue, Giotto, and Duccio. Important 15th century Northern Renaissance artists like van Eyck and van der Weyden are highlighted for their advancements in oil painting technique. The High Renaissance saw masters like Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Titian produce iconic works that epitomized the period's ideals of proportion, anatomy, and realistic rendering through masterful use of things like fresco, sculpture and oil painting.

1. Review!
Late Gothic to present

2. The Early
Renaissance
GUILDS
THE
GREAT
SCHISM
Common
vernacular
Italian
City-states
Early Renaissance Art

3. Nicola Pisano
Pulpit of Pisa Cathedral Baptistery
1259-1260
marble
approximately 15 ft. high
Annunciation and Nativity

4. Bonaventura Berlinghieri
Panel from
the Saint Francis Altarpiece
San Francesco, Pescia, Italy
1235
tempera on wood
approximately 5 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in.
**Franciscan Order

5. Cimabue
Madonna Enthroned with Angels and
Prophets
ca. 1280-1290
tempera on wood
12 ft. 7 in. x 7 ft. 4 in.
http://www.googleartproject.com/galleries/
29535335/29503599/29477648/

6. Giotto di Bondone
Madonna Enthroned
ca. 1310
tempera on wood
10 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.

7. Giotto di Bondone
Interior of the Arena Chapel
Padua, Italy
1305-1306
fresco

8. Giotto di Bondone
Lamentation
from the Interior
of the Arena Chapel
Padua, Italy
1305-1306
fresco
**Early innovator of PERSPECTIVE and LIGHTING!**

9. Duccio di Buoninsegna
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints
from the Maestà altarpiece
from Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy
1308-1311
tempera on wood
7 ft. x 13 ft.

10. Simone Martini
and Lippo Memmi
Annunciation
1333
tempera and gold leaf on wood
10 ft.1 in. x 8 ft. 8 3/4 in.
INTERNATIONAL STYLE

11. Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Peaceful City
Detail from the fresco
Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country
1338-1339
fresco

12. Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Peaceful Country
Detail from the fresco
Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country
1338-1339
fresco

13. Cambio et al.
Florence Cathedral
Florence, Italy
begun 1296

14. Early Northern Renaissance Theme:
Consider
the
NUT!

15. Claus Sluter
Well of Moses
Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon, France
1395-1406
stone
figures approximately 6 ft. high
Philip the Bold – Great patron of
N. Renaissance art

16. Robert Campin
Merode Altarpiece (open)
ca. 1425-1428
oil on wood
2 ft. 1 in. 2 ft. 1 in. (center) What is significant about the setting? The
patrons?

17. Jan van Eyck
Ghent Altarpiece (closed)
Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
1432
oil on wood
11 ft. 5 3/4 in. high
Jan van Eyck – a
painting WIZARD
How does this compare to the early
Renaissance in Italy?
Patron St. John the Baptist St. John the Evang. Patron

18. Jan van Eyck
Ghent Altarpiece (open)
Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
1432
oil on wood
11 ft. 5 3/4 in. high
“This is God, all-powerful in his divine majesty; of all
the best, by the gentleness of his goodness; the most
liberal giver, because of his infinite generosity”
“On his head, life without death. On his brow,
youth without age. On his right, joy without
sadness. On his left, security without fear”

19. Jan van Eyck
Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride
1434
oil on wood
2 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 11 1/2 in.
How many symbols can you spot?

20. Jan van Eyck
Man in a Red Turban
1433
oil on wood
10 1/4 in. x 7 1/2 in.
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-van-eyck-
portrait-of-a-man-self-portrait
Why were portraits popular? What
purpose did they serve?

21. Rogier van der Weyden
Deposition
from Notre- Hors-les-murs, Louvain, Belgium
ca. 1435
oil on wood
approximately 7 ft. 3 in. x 8 ft. 7 in.

22. Rogier van der Weyden
Portrait of a Lady
ca. 1460
oil on panel
13 3/8 in. x 10 1/16 in.

23. Hieronymus Bosch
Creation of Eve, Garden of Earthly Delights, Hell
1505-1510
oil on wood
7 ft. 2 5/8 in. x 6 ft. 4 3/4 in. (center)

24. Martin Schongauer
Temptation of Saint Anthony
ca. 1480-1490
engraving
13 x 11 in.

25. Early Renaissance Theme
PMA - Perspective
- Modeling
- Anatomy
“Positive Mental Attitude”
P=AM^2

26. The Baptistery door competition of
1401
- Originally 7 finalists, only 2 panels
survive
- Between Brunelleschi & Ghiberti

27. Filippo Brunelleschi
Sacrifice of Isaac
1401-1402
gilded bronze relief
1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 5 in.

28. Lorenzi Ghiberti
Sacrifice of Isaac
1401-1402
gilded bronze relief
1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 5 in.

29. Donatello
Saint Mark
Or San Michele, Florence, Italy
1411-1413
marble
figure 7 ft. 9 in. high

30. Donatello
David
ca. 1428-1432
bronze
5 ft. 2 1/4 in. high
Symbol of Florence
First fully nude male
freestanding sculpture
since antiquity

31. Masaccio
Tribute Money
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy
ca. 1427
fresco
8 ft. 1 in. x 19 ft. 7 in.

32. Masaccio
Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del
Carmine, Florence, Italy
ca. 1425
fresco
7 ft. x 2 ft. 11 in.

33. Masaccio
Holy Trinity
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
ca. 1428
fresco
21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.
One-point perspective

34. Fra Angelico
Annunciation
San Marco, Florence, Italy
ca. 1440-1445
fresco
7 ft. 1 in. x 10 ft. 6 in.

35. Andrea del Castagno
Last Supper
Refectory monastery of
Sant’Apollonia, Florence, Italy
1447
fresco
approximately 15 x 32 ft.

36. Domenico Ghirlandaio
Giovanna Tornabuoni
1448
oil and tempera on wood
approximately 2 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 8 in.

37. Sandro Botticelli
The Birth of Venus
ca. 1482
tempera on canvas
5 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 1 in.
Medici patronage reflects their sincere
love of art and wide and eclectic tastes

38. Filippo Brunelleschi
dome of Florence Cathedral
Florence, Italy
1420-1436 **Roman influence!
Innovations:
- Double shell
- Ribs
- Heavy lantern

39. Filippo Brunelleschi
interior of Santo Spirito
Florence, Italy
begun ca. 1436

40. Michelozzo di Bartolommeo
Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
Florence, Italy
begun 1444
Cornice
Stringcourses
Dressed masonry
Rustication
Why didn’t Brunellechi design the Medici Palace?

41. Leon Battista Alberti
façade of Sant’Andrea
Mantua, Italy
designed ca. 1470
How does Alberti combine
classical elements to fit a
Christian purpose?

42. Perugino
Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter
Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome, Italy
1481-1483
fresco
11 ft. 5 1/2 in. x 18 ft. 8 1/2 in.

43. Luca Signorelli
Damned Cast into Hell
San Brizio Chapel, Orvietto
Cathedral, Orvietto, Italy
1499-1504
fresco
approximately 23 ft. wide
Savonarola – Burn
the vanities! Exile
the Medici!

44. Andrea Mantegna
Camera degli Sposi ceiling
Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy
1474
fresco
8 ft. 9 in. diameter

45. Andrea Mantegna
Dead Christ
ca. 1501
tempera on canvas
2 ft. 2 3/4 in. x 2 ft. 7 7/8 in.

46. High Renaissance (Cinquecento Italy)
THEME: PMA Pyramid
P
M
A

47. Leonardo da Vinci
Virgin of the Rocks
ca. 1485
oil on wood
6 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 7 in.
Leonardo da Vinci – the Renaissance man
- Born in Vinci, trained under Verrocchio
- Moved to Florence at 12 or 13
- Spent much of his life in Milan working
on military and civil engineering
projects

48. Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper
Refectory, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy
ca. 1495-98
fresco (oil and tempera on plaster)
29 ft. 10 in. x 13 ft. 9 in.

49. Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa (La Giaconda)
ca. 1503-1505
oil on wood
2 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 9 in.

50. Raphael
Marriage of the Virgin
Chapel of Saint Joseph in Città di Castello
near Florence, Italy
1504
oil on wood
5 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. 10 1/2 in.
Pope Julius II

51. Raphael
Philosophy (School of Athens)
Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy
1509-11
fresco
approximately 19 x 27 ft.

52. Raphael
Galatea
Sala di Galatea, Villa Farnesina
Rome, Italy
1513
fresco
9 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. 5 in.

53. Michelangelo
Pieta
1498-1500
marble
5’ 8” high

54. Michelangelo Buonarroti
David
1501-1504
marble
14 ft. 3 in. high

55. Michelangelo Buonarroti
Moses
San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Italy
ca. 1513-1515
marble
approximately 8 ft. 4 in. high

56. Michelangelo Buonarroti
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1508-12
fresco
approximately 128 x 45 ft.

57. Michelangelo Buonarroti
Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1511-12
fresco
approximately 18 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 2 in.

58. Michelangelo Buonarroti
Last Judgment
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1537-41
fresco

59. Donato d’Angelo Bramante
Tempietto
San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, Italy
1502

60. Donato d’Angelo Bramante
Plan for the new Saint Peter’s
1505
Michelangelo Buonarroti
plan for Saint Peter’s
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1546

61. Andrea Palladio
Villa Rotunda
near Vicenza, Italy
ca. 1566-1570
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvq1cYDqd0U

62. Andrea Palladio
interior of
San Giorgio Maggiore
Venice, Italy
begun 1565

63. Giovanni Bellini
San Zaccaria Altarpiece
Santa Zaccaria, Venice, Italy
1505
oil on wood transferred to canvas
16 ft. 5 in. x 7 ft. 9 in.

64. Titian
Assumption of the Virgin
Santa Maria Gloriosa del Frari, Venice, Italy
ca. 1516-1518
oil on wood
22 ft. 6 in. x 11 ft. 10 in.

65. Titian
Madonna of the Pesaro Family
Santa Maria dei Frari, Venice, Italy
1519-1526
oil on canvas
approximately 16 x 9 ft.

66. Titian
Meeting
of Bacchus
and Ariadne
1522-1523
oil on canvas
5 ft. 9 in. x 6 ft. 3 in.

67. Titian
Venus of Urbino
1538
oil on canvas
4 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in.