Italian Renaissance Art

1. Renaissance Art Italian Renaissance

8. The Scrovegni Chapel, Padua

9. Sermon to the Birds, St Francis Illuminated Manuscript Image, c 1270, Ghent, Belgium

10. Legend of St Francis: Sermon to the Birds, 1297-99

12. Baptism of Christ 1304-06

14. Dome of the Cathedral 1420-36 - Duomo, Florence

19. Holy Trinity 1425-28 Fresco, 667 x 317 cm

20. Tribute Money 1420's

23. David, 1425-1430

24. St Mary Magdalen c. 1457 Wood, height: 188 cm Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence

26. The Lamentation over the Dead Christ c. 1490 Tempera on canvas, 68 x 81 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

28. The Birth of Venus c. 1485 Tempera on canvas, 172.5 x 278.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

29. The Adoration of the Magi (detail) c. 1475 Tempera on panel Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

30. The detail shows the assumed self-portrait of the artist.

31. Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455)

32. Sacrifice of Isaac 1401 Bronze relief Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455)

35. Virgin of the Rocks 1483-86 Oil on panel, 199 x 122 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

36. Vitruvian Man 1492 Pen, ink, watercolor and metalpoint on paper, 343 x 245 mm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

37. Anatomical studies of the shoulder 1510-11 Black chalk, pen and ink on paper, 289 x 199 mm Royal Library, Windsor

38. The Last Supper (with names of Apostles labelled) after cleaning 1498 Tempera on plaster 460 x 880 cm (15 x 29 ft.) Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie (Refectory), Milan

39. Lady with an Ermine 1483-1490 Oil on wood 53.4 x 39.3 cm (21 x 15 1/2 in.) Czartoryski Museum, Cracow

41. Ignudo Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican

42. David 1504 Marble, height 434 cm Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence

43. Pietà 1499 Marble, height 174 cm, width at the base 195 cm Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican

44. Pietà c. 1550 Marble, height: 226 cm Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence

45. Model for the dome 1560 Wood Musei Vaticani, Rome

46. Dome of St Peter's 1564 - Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican

48. Pope Benedict XVI, Easter Mass 2007

49. Last Judgment 1537-41 Fresco, 1370 x 1220 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican

50. The Last Judgment Detail Michelangelo’s Self Portrait

52. Raphael's Tomb Pantheon, Rome

53. Raphael Portrait of Julius II 1511-12 Oil on wood, 108 x 80,7 cm National Gallery, London … a portrait "so animated and true to life that it was frightening to behold, as though it were actually alive" (Vasari).

54. The School of Athens 1510-11 Fresco Vatican, Stanza della Segnatura

57. Assumption of the Virgin 1516-18 Oil on wood, 690 x 360 cm Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

58. Bacchus and Ariadne 1520-22 Oil on canvas, 175 x 190 cm - National Gallery, London

59. Portrait of Philip II in Armour 1550-51 Oil on canvas, 193 x 111 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid