Masterpieces of Medieval and Renaissance Art

Romanesque and Gothic Art

• Bayeux Tapestry, c. 1070–1080. Harold Sailing the Sea and Battle of Hastings.
• Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, 11^th century. Conques, France.
• Reliquary Statue of Sainte-Foy, late 10^th to early 11^th century with later additions. Gold, silver gilt, jewels, and cameos over a wooden core. 2’9.5”. Conques, Sainte-Foy Treasury.
• Saint-Denis, 1140–1144. Saint-Denis (near Paris), France.
• Chartres Cathedral, c. 1145–1155. Restoration begun 2013. Chartres, France.

Civic Architecture and Secular Frescoes

• Hall of the Cloth Guild, begun 1230. Bruges, Belgium.
• Palazzo Vecchio, 1299–1310. Florence, Italy.
• Palazzo Ducale (Ducal Palace), begun c. 1340–1345. Venice, Italy.
• Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy, 1338–1339. Fresco.
  • Allegory of Good Government
  • Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country
  • Allegory of Bad Government
  • Effects of Bad Government in the City and in the Country

Northern Renaissance and Manuscripts

• Limbourg Brothers, Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 1413–1416. Colors and ink on vellum. Chantilly, Musée Condé. February and October.
• Hours of Mary of Burgundy, c. 1480. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.
• Jan van Eyck, Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife (Arnolfini Wedding), 1434. Oil on wood, 2’9” x 1’10.5”. London, National Gallery.
• Robert Campin, Mérode Altarpiece, c. 1425–1428. Oil on wood panel. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Cloisters Collection).
• Hans Memling, Diptych of Martin van Nieuwenhove, 1487. Oil on wood. Bruges, Memlingmuseum.
• Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Wedding Dance, 1566. Oil on panel. 47 x 62”. Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts.

Italian Renaissance and Master Portraits

• Fra Angelico, San Marco Altarpiece, 1438–1443. Tempera on wood. 87 x 89 inches. Florence, San Marco Museum.
• Masaccio, Trinity, c. 1424–1427. Florence, Santa Maria Novella, Italy.
• Michelangelo, David, 1501–1504. Marble, 17’ high. Florence, Galleria dell’Accademia.
• Titian, Self-Portrait, 1560–1562. 96 x 72 cm. Berlin, Gemäldegalerie.
• Albrecht Dürer, Self-Portrait, 1500. Oil on wood. 2’2.25” x 1’7.25”. Munich, Alte Pinakothek.