Renaissance Art
T J Osler
School of Athens, fresco by Raffaello Sanzio (1509)
Lorenzo de' Medici was the catalyst for an enormous amount of arts patronage,
encouraging his countryman to commission works from Florence's leading artists,
including Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, and Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Alexander VI, a Borgia Pope infamous for his corruption
Pope from 1492 to 1503.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti
Simoni[1] (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564)
Michelangelo's Pietà, 24 years old
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The Statue of David, completed by Michelangelo in 1504, is
one of the most renowned works of the Renaissance.
Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel; it
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took approximately four years to complete (1508–1512
The Creation of Adam by
Michelangelo.
The Libyan Sybil, Sistine Chapel
Ignudo, Sistine Chapel.
God dividing the waters, showing the illusionary
architecture, and the positions of the ignudi and shields
Detail from the Great Flood.
Last Judgment 1534 -1541
St. Peter's has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world,
holding 60,000 people.[
began on April 18, 1506 and was completed on November 18, 1626.