Renaissance Art Masterpieces: Florence & Beyond

Renaissance Art Masterpieces

Florence and Early Renaissance Innovations

Architecture

• Leon Battista Alberti, West Façade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1458-1470
• Michelozzo di Bartolommeo, Palazzo Medici, Florence, 1445
• Michelozzo di Bartolommeo, Interior Court of the Palazzo Medici, Florence, 1445
• Filippo Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Ghiberti, Sacrifice of Isaac, Competition Panel for East Doors, Baptistery of Florence Cathedral, 1401-02
• Lorenzo Ghiberti, East Doors, Gates of Paradise, Baptistery of Florence, 1425-52
• Bernardo Rossellino, Tomb of Leonardo Bruni, Santa Croce, Florence, 1444

Painting and Sculpture

• Cimabue, *Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets*, c. 1280-1290
• Giotto di Bondone, *Madonna Enthroned*, c. 1310
• Giotto di Bondone, *Lamentation*, Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy, c. 1305
• Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi, *Annunciation*, 19th Century Frame. Tempera and Gold Leaf on Wood. Uffizi, Florence
• Masaccio, *Trinity* Fresco, Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, 1428
• Masaccio, *Tribute Money* Fresco, Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, 1427
• Donatello, *David*, Late 1420s. Bronze, 5’2” High, Florence
• Fra Filippo Lippi, *Madonna and Child with Angels*, 1455-1460
• Paolo Uccello, *Battle of San Romano*, 1455
• Andrea del Castagno, *Last Supper*, Refectory of Sant’ Apollonia, Florence, 1450
• Fra Angelico, *Annunciation* Fresco, San Marco, Florence, 1440-45
• Sandro Botticelli, *Birth of Venus*, 1480

Northern European Renaissance Highlights

Painting

• Robert Campin, *Merode Altarpiece*, 1425-1430
• Jan van Eyck, *Ghent Altarpiece*, 1432. Cathedral of Bavon, Ghent, Belgium
• Jan van Eyck, *Marriage of Arnolfini*, 1434
• Hugo van der Goes, *Portinari Altarpiece* (Open), 1470s
• Dirk Bouts, *Last Supper*, Belgium, 1464-1468
• Rogier van der Weyden, *Descent from the Cross*, 1435-1438

Siena and Early Italian Masters

Painting

• Duccio di Buoninsegna, *Betrayal of Jesus*. Detail from the Back of Maesta Altarpiece. 1309-1311
• Duccio di Buoninsegna, *Virgin and the Child Enthroned with the Saints*. Siena Cathedral. 1308-1311
• Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Fresco of *Allegory of Good Government in the City*, Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy, 1338-39

Later Renaissance Sculpture

Sculpture

• Andrea del Verrocchio, *David*, 1470s
• Andrea del Castagno, *Youthful David*, 1450
• Andrea del Verrocchio, *Colleoni*, 1481-1496
• Donatello, *Gattamelata*, 1445-1450

Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Religious Works

Painting

• Perugino, *Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter*, Sistine Chapel, 1481-1483