Renaissance art
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Most important works of art[edit]
Sandro Botticelli, Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus), tempera on canvas, c. 1486, Galleria degli Uffizi
Leonardo da Vinci, Uomo vitruviano (Vitruvian Man), c. 1490
Leonardo da Vinci, L'Ultima Cena (The Last Supper), tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic, 1495-1498, Refettorio di Santa Maria delle Grazie
Leonardo da Vinci, La Gioconda a.k.a. Mona Lisa, between 1503 and 1506 or between 1502 und 1503
Albrecht Dürer, Betende Hände (Study of the Hands of an Apostle), c. 1508, Albertina, Vienna
Titian, Venere di Urbino (Venus of Urbino), 1538, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
By artists[edit]
Draughtsmen[edit]
Painters[edit]
| Fra Angelico
(circa 1395 –1455) |
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| Alternative names | Beato Angelico, (Fra) Beato, (Fra) Giovanni, (Fra) Giovanni da Fiesole, (Fra) Giovanni da Fiesole Angelico, Fra Angelico da Fiesole, (Fra) Giovanni Angelico da Fiesole, Guido di Pietro Trosini, Guido di Pietro da Mugello, Guidolino di Pietro da Mugello | ||
| Description | Italian painter, fresco painter, miniaturist and monk | ||
| Date of birth/death | circa 1395 | 18 February 1455 | |
| Location of birth/death | Vicchio | Rome | |
| Work period | between 1402 and 1455 | ||
| Work location | Fiesole (1407), Foligno (1409-1414), Cortona (1414-1418), Fiesole (1420-1436), Perugia (1437), Florence (1436-1445), Rome (1445-1455), Orvieto (1447-1449), Fiesole (1451-1452) | ||
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| Sandro Botticelli
(1445–1510) |
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| Alternative names |
Birth name: Allessandro Filipepi Sandro Filipepi Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi Botticelli | ||
| Description | Italian painter and artist | ||
| Date of birth/death | 1 March 1445 | 17 May 1510 | |
| Location of birth/death | Florence | Florence | |
| Work location | Florence (1469–1481), Pisa (1475), Rome (1481–1482), Florence (1482–1490), Volterra (ca. 1483), Mantua (1502), Florence (1503–1510) | ||
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| Antonio da Correggio
(1489–1534) |
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| Alternative names | Birth name: Antonio Allegri | ||
| Description | Italian painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | circa 1490 | 5 March 1534 | |
| Location of birth/death | Correggio bei Modena | Correggio | |
| Work location | Parma | ||
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| Lucas Cranach the Elder
(1472–1553) |
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| Alternative names | Lucas Cranach the Elder | ||
| Description | - painter, draughtsman, printmaker and court painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | 4 October 1472 / 1472 | 16 October 1553 / 1553 | |
| Location of birth/death | Kronach | Weimar | |
| Work location | Lutherstadt Wittenberg | ||
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| Piero della Francesca
(–1492) |
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| Alternative names | Birth name: Pietro di Benedetto dei Franceschi; Pietro Borgliese | ||
| Description | Italian painter and mathematician | ||
| Date of birth/death | between circa 1410 and circa 1420 | 12 October 1492 | |
| Location of birth/death | Sansepolcro | Sansepolcro | |
| Work location | Sansepolcro, Arezzo, Rimini, Rome | ||
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| Hans Holbein the Elder
(1465–1524) |
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| Description | German painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | circa 1465 | 1524 | |
| Location of birth/death | Augsburg | Isenheim | |
| Work location | Augsburg | ||
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| Masaccio
(1401–1428) |
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| Alternative names | Birth name: Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone | ||
| Description | painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | 21 December 1401 | 1428 | |
| Location of birth/death | San Giovanni Valdarno | Rome | |
| Work location | Florence | ||
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| Pietro Perugino
(1450–1523) |
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| Alternative names | Birth name: Pietro Vannucci | ||
| Description | Italian painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | between circa 1445 and circa 1448 | 1523 | |
| Location of birth/death | Città della Pieve | Fontignano | |
| Work location | Perugia, Florence, Rome, Orvieto | ||
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| Raphael
(1483–1520) |
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| Alternative names | Raffaello Santi, Raffaello de Urbino, Rafael Sanzio de Urbino, Raffael | ||
| Description | painter and architect | ||
| Date of birth/death | 6 April 1483 | 6 April 1520 | |
| Location of birth/death | Urbino | Rome | |
| Work location | Florence, Rome, Perugia | ||
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| Titian
(1490–1576) |
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| Alternative names | Tiziano Vecelli; Tiziano Vecellio | ||
| Description | Italian painter, fresco painter and draughtsman | ||
| Date of birth/death | between 1485 and 1490 | 27 August 1576 | |
| Location of birth/death | Pieve di Cadore | Venice | |
| Work location | Venice (1498), Ferrara, Mantua, Padua (1511), Milan (1540), Rome (1545–1546), Florence (1546), Augsburg (1548, 1550–1551), Constantinople (today Istanbul) (1555-1557) | ||
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Sculptors[edit]
Michelangelo
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi a.k.a. Donatello
Etchers[edit]
Engravers[edit]
By media[edit]
Sculptures[edit]
Donatello, Monumento equestre al Gattamelata (Equestrian statue of Gattamelata), 1453, Padua, Italy
Michelangelo, David, 1504
Michelangelo, Pietà, 1498 – 1499, Saint Peter's Basilica
Paintings[edit]
Sandro Botticelli
Antonio da Correggio
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Albrecht Dürer II
Jan van Eyck
Piero della Francesca
Hans Holbein II
Leonardo da Vinci
Masaccio
Michelangelo
Raphael
Titian
Fra Angelico, Giudizio Universale (The Last Judgement), 1425-1430, tempera on panel, San Marco, Florence
Jan van Eyck, Ritratto dei coniugi Arnolfini (Arnolfini Portrait), 1434, oil on panel, 81.8×59.4 cm, National Gallery, London
Piero della Francesca,Battesimo di Cristo (The Baptism of Christ), c. 1448-1450, tempera on panel, National Gallery, London
Sandro Botticelli, Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus), tempera on canvas, c. 1486, Galleria degli Uffizi (featured)
Leonardo da Vinci, L'Ultima Cena (The Last Supper), tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic, 1495-1498, Refettorio di Santa Maria delle Grazie (featured)
Pietro Perugino, Profeti e sibille (Prophets and Sibyls), 1497-1500, fresco, Collegio del Cambio, Perugia
Leonardo da Vinci, La Gioconda a.k.a. Mona Lisa, between 1503 and 1506 or between 1502 and 1503 (featured)
Titian, Venere di Urbino (Venus of Urbino), 1538, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (featured)
Masaccio, Trinità (The Holy Trinity, with the Virgin and Saint John and donors), 1425, fresco, 667 cm × 317 cm, Santa Maria Novella, Florence
Drawings[edit]
Leonardo da Vinci, Uomo vitruviano (Vitruvian Man), c. 1490 (featured)
Albrecht Dürer, Betende Hände (Study of the Hands of an Apostle), c. 1508, Albertina, Vienna (featured)
Engravings[edit]
Etchings[edit]
By motif[edit]
Religion[edit]
Sandro Botticelli, Magnificat (Glorification of Mary), 1480–81, tempera on panel, Uffizi Gallery
Portraits[edit]
(work from above)
Jan van Eyck, Ritratto dei coniugi Arnolfini (Arnolfini Portrait), 1434, oil on panel, 81.8 × 59.4 cm, National Gallery, London
Leonardo da Vinci, Ginevra de' Benci, c. 1474–8, oil on panel, 38.1 cm × 37 cm , National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Albrecht Dürer II, (Second) Self-portrait, 1498, Museo del Prado
Leonardo da Vinci, Uomo vitruviano (Vitruvian Man), c. 1490 (featured)
Albrecht Dürer, Betende Hände (Study of the Hands of an Apostle), c. 1508, Albertina, Vienna (featured)
Nature[edit]
Misc.[edit]
Pieter Bruegel (I), Nederlandse Spreekwoorden (Netherlandish Proverbs), 1559, oil on panel, Gemäldegalerie der Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
By location of artwork[edit]
(work from above)
Germany[edit]
Hans Holbein II
Albrecht Dürer II
Italy and Vatican[edit]
Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel ceiling, between 1508 and 1512
Raphael, Raphael rooms (Stanza della Segnatura), between 1508 and 1511
Donatello, Monumento equestre al Gattamelata (Equestrian statue of Gattamelata), 1453, Padua, Italy
Michelangelo, David, 1504
Michelangelo, Pietà, 1498 – 1499, Saint Peter's Basilica
Sandro Botticelli, Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus), tempera on canvas, c. 1486, Galleria degli Uffizi (featured)
Leonardo da Vinci, L'Ultima Cena (The Last Supper), tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic, 1495-1498, Refettorio di Santa Maria delle Grazie (featured)
Leonardo da Vinci, La Gioconda a.k.a. Mona Lisa, between 1503 and 1506 or between 1502 and 1503 (featured)
Titian, Venere di Urbino (Venus of Urbino), 1538, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (featured)
Masaccio, Trinità (The Holy Trinity, with the Virgin and Saint John and donors), 1425, fresco, 667 cm × 317 cm, Santa Maria Novella, Florence
Poland[edit]
See also Category:Renaissance art in Poland
United Kingdom[edit]
Jan van Eyck, Ritratto dei coniugi Arnolfini (Arnolfini Portrait), 1434, oil on panel, 81.8×59.4 cm, National Gallery, London
Piero della Francesca,Battesimo di Cristo (The Baptism of Christ), c. 1448-1450, tempera on panel, National Gallery, London