Chapter 12: The Early Renaissance in Italy
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A. Florence: 1400-1450

La Renaissance: WebMuseum, Paris. This is a synopsis of the Renaissance.

1. Sculpture

1200 Years of Renaissance Sculpture. (In Italian but with wide range of clear images)

Images of Four Saints, Nanni di Banco, Or San Michele, Florence.

Image of Donatello's St. Mark, Or San Michele, Florence.

Image of Donatello's St. George Tabernacle, Or San Michele.

Donatello's images of St. George, including St. George and the Dragon relief.

Image of Donatello's Prophet.

Image of Donatello's The Feast of Herod.

Image of Donatello's David.

Image of Donatello's Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata.

Image of Donatello's Mary Magdalen.

Donatello: Major Works. 28 images which can be enlarged.

Scientific Perspective. Renaissance art and Mathematical Perspective.

Image of Gates of Paradise, east door, Lorenzo Ghiberti.

Images of the Duomo and Ghiberti Images of 6 works, 4 are Doors of Paradise panels.

Jacopo Della Quercia: Major Works.

Image of The Creation of Adam, Jacopo della Quercia.

Image of Adam in Paradise, ivory diptych, 400 A.D.

2. Architecture

Image of the Nave, S. Lorenzo, Brunelleschi.

Image of Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel.

Image of the interior of Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel.

Image of Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Michelozzo.

3. Painting

Image of The Holy Trinity with the Virgin, St. John, and Two Donors, Masaccio.

Images of Brancacci Chapel, including The Tribute Money, Masaccio.

Image of The Expulsion from Paradise, Masaccio.

Images of works by Fra Filippo Lippi.

Images of Deposition, Fra Angelico.

Presentation in the Temple and Noli Me Tangere, Fra Angelico.

Fra Angelico: Biography and images of his work.

Image of Madonna and Child with Saints, Domenico Veneziano.

Images of the Main Chapel of S. Francesco.

Image of The Discovery and Proving of the True Cross, Piero della Francesca.

Image of Battle of San Romano, Paolo Uccello.

Image of The Last Supper, Andrea del Castagno.

Image of David, Andrea del Castagno.

B. Central and Northern Italy: 1450-1500

1. Architecture

Image of the facade of Palazzo Rucellai.

Image of the facade of S. Francesco.

Image of facade of S. Andrea.

Image of the interior of S. Andrea.

Image of the facade of Sta. Maria Delle Carceri.

2. Sculpture

Image of Trumpet Players, Luca della Robbia.

Image of The resurrection, Luca della Robbia.

Luca Della Robbia: Five images.

Image of the Tomb of Leonardo Bruni by Bernardo Rossellino.

Bernardo Rossellino: two images of Funeral monument to Leonardo Bruni.

Image of Hercules and Antaeus Bronze, Antonio del Pollaiuolo.

Image of Battle of the Ten Naked Men, Antonio del Pollaiuolo.

Image of the Doubting of Thomas, Andrea del Verrochio.

Image of Equestrian Monument of Colleoni, Andrea del Verrochio.

Desiderio Da Settignano: six images.

3. Painting

Image of The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli.

Image of Primavera by Sandro Botticelli.

Image of An Old Man and His Grandson by Sandro Botticelli.

Botticelli: Biography and images.

Jacques-Edouard Berger's lecture, 1993, on Boticelli's Allegory of Fortitude.

Image of The Delivery of the Keys, Pietro Perugino, Sistine Chapel.

Image of The Rule of the Antichrist, Luca Signorelli.

Image of The Damned Cast into Hell, Luca Signorelli

Image of St James Led to His Execution, Andrea Mantegna.

Image of St. Sebastian, Andrea Mantegna.

Image of St Francis in Ecstasy, Giovanni Bellini.

Image of Madonna with Saints, Giovanni Bellini.

Bellini: Biography and images.


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