CHAPTER 13: The Early Renaissance
Key Works
Bernardo Rossellino, tomb of Leonardo Bruni, Santa Croce, Florence, 1444
Filippo Brunelleschi, Sacrifice of Isaac, competition panel for the east doors of the Florence
Baptistry, 1401–1402
Lorenzo Ghiberti, Sacrifice of Isaac, competition panel for the east doors of the Florence
Baptistry, 1401–1402
Thorn Puller (Spinario), Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome, c. 1st century B.C.
Exterior of Florence Cathedral, begun late 13th century
Filippo Brunelleschi, Hospital of the Innocents, Piazza di Santissima Annunziata, Florence,
begun 1419
Filippo Brunelleschi, interior of Santo Spirito, Florence, planned 1434
Lorenzo Ghiberti, Meeting of Solomon and Sheba, detail of the east door of the Baptistery
(showing perspective lines), 1450–1452
Lorenzo Ghiberti, Self-Portrait, from the east door of the Florence Baptistery, 1424–1452
Lorenzo Ghiberti, Gates of Paradise, east door, Florence Baptistery, 1424–1452
Piero della Francesca, Flagellation, c. 1460
Leonardo da Vinci, perspective study for the background of the Adoration of the Magi, c. 1481
Paolo Uccello, perspective drawing of a chalice, c. 1430–1440
Andrea Mantegna, Dead Christ, c. 1500
Pisanello, medal of John VIII Palaeologus (obverse and reverse), 1438–1439
Masaccio, Holy Trinity, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, c. 1425
Masaccio, Holy Trinity, c. 1425, showing perspective lines
View of the Brancacci Chapel (after restoration), looking toward the altar, Santa Maria del
Carmine, Florence, 15th century
Left side of the Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence (after restoration, 1989)
Masaccio, Expulsion from Eden, detail of the Brancacci Chapel, left pilaster
Medici Venus, 1st century A.D.
Masaccio, Saint Peter, detail of the Tribute Money from the left side of the Brancacci Chapel
Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi, altarpiece, 1423
Donatello, Saint Mark, shown in its original Gothic niche on the outside wall of Or San Michele,
Florence, with a teaching Christ above and the Evangelist’s lion symbol below, 1411–1415
Donatello, David, c. 1430–1440
Leon Battista Alberti, Rucellai Palace, Florence, c. 1446–1450
Leon Battista Alberti, exterior of the Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini, designed 1450
Matteo de’ Pasti, foundation medal of the Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini, 1450
Leon Battista Alberti, Sant’Andrea, Mantua, 1470–1493
Nave of Sant’Andrea, Mantua, 1470–1493
Andrea del Castagno, Youthful David, c. 1450
Andrea del Verrocchio, David, early 1470s
Andrea del Castagno, Famous Men and Women, Villa Carducci at Legnaia, 1450
Andrea del Castagno, Dante, detail of Famous Men and Women, Villa Carducci at Legnaia, 1450
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Andrea del Castagno, Pippo Spano, detail of Famous Men and Women, Villa Carducci at
Legnaia, 1450
Paolo Uccello, Sir John Hawkwood, Florence Cathedral, 1436
Andrea del Castagno, Niccolò da Tolentino, Florence Cathedral, 1455–1456
Paolo Uccello, Battle of San Romano, 1440s or 1450s
Donatello, Gattamelata (and detail), 1445–1450
Andrea del Verrochio, Colleone (and detail), c. 1481–1496
Piero della Francesca, Battista Sforza and Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino (after
cleaning), after 1475
Piero della Francesca, Annunciation (after cleaning), c. 1450
Fra Angelico, Annunciation, c. 1440
Piero della Francesca, left wall of the Bacci Chapel, San Francesco, Arezzo, 1450s
Piero della Francesca, right wall of the Bacci Chapel, San Francesco, Arezzo, 1450s
Piero della Francesca, Dream of Constantine (after cleaning), Bacci Chapel, San Francesco,
Arezzo, 1450s
Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle), Mérode Altarpiece (open), c. 1425–1430
Detail of the central panel of the Mérode Altarpiece
Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child with Scenes from the Life of Saint Anne (Pitti Tondo), 1450
Filippo Lippi, Head of a Woman, study for Madonna and Child, c. 1449–1450
Andrea Mantegna, Camera Picta (also known as the Camera degli Sposi), Ducal Palace, Mantua,
finished 1474
Andrea Mantegna, ceiling oculus of the Camera Picta, Ducal Palace, Mantua, finished 1474
Andrea Mantegna, Parnassus, c. 1497
Sandro Botticelli, Mars and Venus, c. 1475
Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, c. 1480
Donatello, Mary Magdalen, c. 1455
Sandro Botticelli, Mystical Nativity, 1500 or 1501
Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (open), completed 1432
Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece, detail showing the Cathedral of Saint Bavon
Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece, detail of God’s crown
Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (closed)
Jan van Eyck, Man in a Red Turban (Self-Portrait?), 1433
Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini Portrait, 1434
Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini Portrait, detail of the convex mirror
Rogier van der Weyden, Descent from the Cross, c. 1435–1438
Rogier van der Weyden, Saint Luke Depicting the Virgin, c. 1435–1440
Hans Memling, Tomasso Portinari, c. 1470
Hans Memling, Maria Baroncelli Portinari, c. 1470
Hugo van der Goes, Portinari Altarpiece (open), c. 1470s
Domenico del Ghirlandaio, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1485
Maps, Diagrams, and Projections
Map of leading art centers in Renaissance Italy
Plan of Florence Cathedral (after W. Blaser)
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Axonometric section of the dome of Florence Cathedral
Filippo Brunelleschi, plan of Santo Spirito, Florence (after R. Sturgis)
Reconstructed plan of the foreground and praetorium in Piero della Francesca’s Flagellation;
drawing by Thomas Czarnowski
Masaccio, The Holy Trinity, c. 1425, showing perspective lines
Plan of Sant’Andrea, Mantua
Map of northern and central Europe in the Renaissance
Key Terms
aerial (or atmospheric) perspective
aisle
ambulatory
arcade
architrave
basilica
bay
bistre/bister
bust
caryatid
centering
chiaroscuro
choir
coffer, coffering
colonnade
column
contrapposto
convention
corbelling
Corinthian
cornice
Deësis
dome
drum
engaged (half-) column
entasis
Eucharist
façade
flutes, fluting
foreground
frieze
gilding
Gospel
grisaille
guild
isocephaly, isocephalic
lantern
Latin cross
patron
pedestal
pediment
pilaster
polyptych
proportion
putto, putti
quatrefoil
reverse
rib
sarcophagus
sibyl
stained glass
symmetry
tempera
thrust
tondo
transept
trefoil
triptych
type
vanishing point
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Window on the World
Perspective in Asian Painting
Key Works
Wu Wei, Pleasures of Fishing, c. 1490
Kuyuk the Great Khan, from a Ta’rikh-i Jahan-gusha of ‘Ata Malik ibn Muhammed Juvayni,
Timurid, Shiraz, 1438
Videos
Art of Asia: India, Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Japan
66 min., Clearvue
Art of the Western World
Volume 2: The Early Renaissance
55 min., VM
The Beginning: The Emergence of the Renaissance
60 min., FFHS
Beaune, Rogier van der Weyden
14 min., TRC
Botticelli
45 min., MFA
Botticelli’s Calumny of Apelles
12 min., TRC
Botticelli’s Venus in the Uffizi
30 min., Applause Productions
La Primavera (Botticelli)
50 min., Cambridge Educational
Civilisation: “Romance and Reality” and “Man―The Measure of All Things”
94 min., VM
Donatello: The First Modern Sculptor
60 min., MFA, HVC, Facets
Early Italian Renaissance: Brunelleschi – Donatello – Masaccio
27 min., VM
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Exploring the Renaissance (1350–1650)
20 min., UL
15th Century: Renaissance in Full Bloom
59 min., Facet
The Flagellation of Christ by Piero della Francesca
30 min., Britannica
Florence: Cradle of the Renaissance
30 min., PBS
Great Masters Series: Botticelli
52 min., NDM
History Through Art: The Renaissance
33 min., Clearvue
Masaccio: A View of Mankind
40 min., MFA
Portrait of an Artist: Donatello
60 min., Clearvue
Paolo Uccello: Capturing War
31 min., FFHS
Persian Miniatures: The Garden of Paradise
30 min., FFHS
Jan van Eyck
28 min., FFHS
Madonna with Chancellor Rolin, by Jan Van Eyck, 1446
30 min., Britannica
Piero della Francesco: Painter of the Silence
45 min., MFA
Riddle of the Dome: Florence Cathedral and Filippo Brunelleschi
29 min., FFHS
The Trecento: Italian Art & Architecture in the Fourteenth Century
26 min., Crystal Productions / MFA
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CD-ROMs
History Through Art: The Renaissance
Mac/Windows, Clearvue
The Renaissance
Mac/Windows, Clearvue
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