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Deutsch: (Bildende) Kunst der Renaissance
· English: Renaissance art
· Italiano: Arte rinascimentale
· Overview
Most important works of art
[edit]Famous works
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Sandro Botticelli, Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus), tempera on canvas, c. 1486, Galleria degli Uffizi
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Leonardo da Vinci, Uomo vitruviano (Vitruvian Man), c. 1490
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Leonardo da Vinci, L'Ultima Cena (The Last Supper), tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic, 1495-1498, Refettorio di Santa Maria delle Grazie
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Leonardo da Vinci, La Gioconda a.k.a. Mona Lisa, between 1503 and 1506 or between 1502 und 1503
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Albrecht Dürer, Betende Hände (Study of the Hands of an Apostle), c. 1508, Albertina, Vienna
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Titian, Venere di Urbino (Venus of Urbino), 1538, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
By artists
[edit]Draughtsmen
[edit]Painters
[edit]Main category: Renaissance painters
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 | ||
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Sandro Botticelli
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Birth name: Allessandro Filipepi Sandro Filipepi Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi Botticelli | ||
Description | Italian painter, drawer, architectural draftsperson and fresco painter | ||
Date of birth/death |
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17 May 1510 ![]() | |
Location of birth/death | Florence | Florence | |
Work period | 1460 ![]() ![]() | ||
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Antonio da Correggio
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Birth name: Antonio Allegri | ||
Description | -Italian painter, drawer, fresco painter and visual artist | ||
Date of birth/death | circa 1490 | 5 March 1534 | |
Location of birth/death | Correggio bei Modena | Correggio | |
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Lucas Cranach the Elder
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Lucas Cranach | ||
Description | -German painter, drawer, printmaker and court painter | ||
Date of birth/death |
4 October 1472 ![]() |
16 October 1553 ![]() | |
Location of birth/death | Kronach | Weimar | |
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Piero della Francesca
(1415–1492) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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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 period | 1427 ![]() ![]() | ||
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Hans Holbein the Elder
(1465–1524) ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Description | painter, xylographer, illustrator and visual artist | ||
Date of birth/death | circa 1465 |
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Location of birth/death | Augsburg | Isenheim | |
Work period | 1475 ![]() ![]() | ||
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Masaccio
(1401–1428) ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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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 | |
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Michelangelo
(1475–1564) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni | ||
Description | Italian painter, sculptor, architect, poet and inventor | ||
Date of birth/death |
6 March 1475 ![]() |
18 February 1564 ![]() | |
Location of birth/death | Caprese Michelangelo | Rome | |
Work period | from 1487 until 1564 | ||
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Florence (1487–1494), Bologna (1494–1496), Rome (1496–1501), Florence (1501–1505), Rome (1505–1506), Florence (1506–1508), Rome (1508–1516), Florence (1516–September 1529), Venice (September 1529–November 1529), Florence (November 1529–1532), Rome (1532–1533), Florence (1533), Rome (November 1533), Florence (1533–August 1534), Rome (1534–1564) | ||
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Pietro Perugino
(1448–1523) ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Birth name: Pietro Vannucci | ||
Description | painter | ||
Date of birth/death | between circa 1445 and circa 1448 |
1523 ![]() | |
Location of birth/death | Città della Pieve | Fontignano | |
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Raphael
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Birth name: Raffaello Sanzio; Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino; Santi Raphael; Raphael, 1483-1520; Raffale Sanzio; Rafael Sanzio | ||
Description | -Italian painter, sculptor, architect, drawer, architectural draftsperson and designer | ||
Date of birth/death |
6 April 1483 / 28 March 1483 ![]() |
6 April 1520 / 7 April 1520 ![]() | |
Location of birth/death | Urbino | Rome | |
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Titian
(1490–1576) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Tiziano Vecelli; Tiziano Vecellio | ||
Description | Italian painter, drawer, architectural draftsperson, printmaker and visual artist | ||
Date of birth/death | between 1485 and 1490 |
27 August 1576 ![]() | |
Location of birth/death | Pieve di Cadore | Venice | |
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Sculptors
[edit]Main category: Renaissance sculptors
Michelangelo
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi a.k.a. Donatello
Engravers
[edit]Main category: Renaissance engravers
Etchers
[edit]Main category: Renaissance etchers
By media
[edit]Sculptures
[edit]Main category: Renaissance sculptures
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Donatello, Monumento equestre al Gattamelata (Equestrian statue of Gattamelata), 1453, Padua, Italy
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Michelangelo, David, 1504
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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
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Fra Angelico, Giudizio Universale (The Last Judgement), 1425-1430, tempera on panel, San Marco, Florence
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Jan van Eyck, Ritratto dei coniugi Arnolfini (Arnolfini Portrait), 1434, oil on panel, 81.8×59.4 cm, National Gallery, London
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Piero della Francesca,Battesimo di Cristo (The Baptism of Christ), c. 1448-1450, tempera on panel, National Gallery, London
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Sandro Botticelli, Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus), tempera on canvas, c. 1486, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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Leonardo da Vinci, L'Ultima Cena (The Last Supper), tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic, 1495-1498, Refettorio di Santa Maria delle Grazie
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Pietro Perugino, Profeti e sibille (Prophets and Sibyls), 1497-1500, fresco, Collegio del Cambio, Perugia
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Leonardo da Vinci, La Gioconda a.k.a. Mona Lisa, between 1503 and 1506 or between 1502 and 1503
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Titian, Venere di Urbino (Venus of Urbino), 1538, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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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]Main category: Renaissance drawings
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Leonardo da Vinci, Uomo vitruviano (Vitruvian Man), c. 1490 (featured)
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Albrecht Dürer, Betende Hände (Study of the Hands of an Apostle), c. 1508, Albertina, Vienna (featured)
Engravings
[edit]Main category: Renaissance engravings
Etchings
[edit]Main category: Renaissance etchings
Architecture
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Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Michelozzo, 1449-1464
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Palazzo Rucellai (Florence), Leon Battista Alberti, 1446-1458
By motif
[edit]Main category: Renaissance paintings by subject
Religion
[edit]Main category: Renaissance religious paintings
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Sandro Botticelli, Magnificat (Glorification of Mary), 1480–81, tempera on panel, Uffizi Gallery
Portraits
[edit]Main category: Renaissance portraits
Main category: 15th-century portrait paintings
(work from above)
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Jan van Eyck, Ritratto dei coniugi Arnolfini (Arnolfini Portrait), 1434, oil on panel, 81.8 × 59.4 cm, National Gallery, London
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Leonardo da Vinci, Ginevra de' Benci, c. 1474–8, oil on panel, 38.1 cm × 37 cm , National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Albrecht Dürer II, (Second) Self-portrait, 1498, Museo del Prado
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Leonardo da Vinci, Uomo vitruviano (Vitruvian Man), c. 1490 (featured)
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Albrecht Dürer, Betende Hände (Study of the Hands of an Apostle), c. 1508, Albertina, Vienna (featured)
Nature
[edit]Misc.
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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
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Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel ceiling, between 1508 and 1512
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Raphael, Raphael rooms (Stanza della Segnatura), between 1508 and 1511
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Donatello, Monumento equestre al Gattamelata (Equestrian statue of Gattamelata), 1453, Padua, Italy
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Michelangelo, David, 1504
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Michelangelo, Pietà, 1498 – 1499, Saint Peter's Basilica
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Sandro Botticelli, Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus), tempera on canvas, c. 1486, Galleria degli Uffizi (featured)
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Leonardo da Vinci, L'Ultima Cena (The Last Supper), tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic, 1495-1498, Refettorio di Santa Maria delle Grazie (featured)
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Leonardo da Vinci, La Gioconda a.k.a. Mona Lisa, between 1503 and 1506 or between 1502 and 1503 (featured)
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Titian, Venere di Urbino (Venus of Urbino), 1538, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (featured)
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Masaccio, Trinità (The Holy Trinity, with the Virgin and Saint John and donors), 1425, fresco, 667 cm × 317 cm, Santa Maria Novella, Florence
See also Category:Renaissance art in Poland
United Kingdom
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Jan van Eyck, Ritratto dei coniugi Arnolfini (Arnolfini Portrait), 1434, oil on panel, 81.8×59.4 cm, National Gallery, London
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Piero della Francesca,Battesimo di Cristo (The Baptism of Christ), c. 1448-1450, tempera on panel, National Gallery, London