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This site explores all the major masterpieces of Italian Renaissance Art. From the fourteenth-century period known as the Proto-Renaissance, championed by Giotto de Bondone and his contemporaries, to the Renaissance of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
During the early Renaissance period, oil painting was used first by the Netherlandish painters and was eventually taken up by their counterparts in Italy. The Northern painter's preparation was consistent, they used oak panels ( or other timbers ) with smooth, white chalk grounds.
The Renaissance Man. Leonardo da Vinci was regarded as an astonishing virtuoso, even by his contemporaries of the time. Born in 1452 he was at work long before Michelangelo and Raphael who are the two other great masters of High Renaissance Art.
The Sistine Chapel plays a significant role in Italian Renaissance art history, and it houses some of the most iconic images of the era. The chapel, located within the Vatican City, is named after Sixtus IV della Rovere and is built on the site of a Medieval Hall the "Cappella Magna".
The Renaissance timeline highlights and referances the major events of Italian Renaissance art history in
The worlds oldest art gallery contains some of the most important works of the Italian Renaissance Masters. These include:- The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello; The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli; The Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci; A self-portrait by Raphael Sanzio and The Venus of Urbino by Titian.
In Italy this explosion in art and creativity reached its pinnacle in quite a narrow timescale, up to about 1530. The era marks a zenith of artistic production in the Italian states, especially Florence Rome, and Venice.
The first Great Artist of the Italian Renaissance. Giotto di Bondone was born in 1267 in or around Florence. His early years were spent as an apprentice to Cimabue, the Florentine painter and designer of mosaics.
Renaissance Sculpture from Florence and Rome. Renaissance Sculpture in bronze and marble, see them for free in streets of major Italian cities
The life and work of the famous renaissance artist, Raphael Sanzio, painter and architect