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Renaissance art is the painting, sculpture and decorative arts of that period of European history known as the Renaissance, emerging as a distinct style in Italy in about 1400, in parallel with developments which occurred in philosophy, literature, music and science. Renaissance art, perceived as a "rebirth" of ancient traditions, took as its foundation the art of Classical antiquity, but transformed that tradition by the absorption of recent developments in the art of Northern Europe and by application of contemporary scientific knowledge. Renaissance art, with Renaissance Humanist philosophy, spread throughout Europe, affecting both artists and their patrons with the development of new techniques and new artistic sensibilities. Renaissance art marks the transition of Europe from the Medieval period to the Early modern age.
| Name | Dates | Born | Worked | Media | Masterpiece | Museums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coppo di Marcovaldo | (c.1225– c.1276) | Florence | Florence, Pistoia Siena |
Icon, Mosaic | The Last Judgement Bastistry, Florence |
Civic Museum, San Gimignano |
| Cimabue | c.1240 - c.1302 | Florence | Florence, Assisi | Icon, Mosaic | Madonna of Santa Trinita Uffizi, Florence |
Uffizi |
| Pietro Cavallini | c.1250 – c.1330 | Rome | Rome, Naples | Fresco, Mosaic | Last Judgement, S. Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome |
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| Duccio | c.1260 - c.1318 | Siena | Siena | Icon | Maesta, Duomo Museo, Siena |
National Gallery, London Uffizi |
Italian Proto-Renaissance
Proto-Renaissance artists worked before 1400 in Italy when the Renaissance style was slowly developing.
| Name | Dates | Born | Worked | Media | Masterpiece | Museums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola Pisano | c.1220 – c.1284 | Pisa | Pisa, Perugia | Sculptor | The Pulpit Bapistery of Pisa |
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| Arnolfo di Cambio | c.1240 – c.1300 | Tuscany | Siena, Florence, Rome | Sculptor, Architect | St. Peter St. Peter's Basilica, Rome |
National Gallery, London |
| Giovanni Pisano | c.1250 – c.1315 | Pisa | Pisa, Siena | Sculptor | The Pulpit Cathedral of Pisa |
Duomo Museo, Siena |
| Giotto | c.1267 - 1337 | Tuscany | Florence, Padua | Fresco, Tempera | Ognissanti Madonna Uffizi, Florence Life of Jesus Arena Chapel, Padua |
Uffizi |
| Pietro Lorenzetti | c.1280 - 1348 | Siena | Siena, Assisi | Fresco, Tempera | Scenes of the Passion of Christ Basilica of Saint Francis, Assisi |
Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Ambrogio Lorenzetti | c.1290 – 1348 | Siena | Siena | Fresco | Scenes of Good and Bad Government Town Hall, Siena |
Louvre, National Gallery, London |
| Taddeo Gaddi | c.1300 – 1366 | Tuscany | Florence | Fresco | Life of the Virgin Baroncelli Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence |
Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Orcagna | c.1308 – 1368 | Tuscany | Florence, Pisa | Fresco, Tempera | The Triumph of Death Campo Santo, Pisa |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, National Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| Altichiero | c.1330 – c.1390 | Verona | Verona, Padua | Fresco | Crucifixion Basilica of Sant'Antonio, Padua |
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| Giusto de' Menabuoi | c.1330 – c.1390 | Florence | Padua | Fresco | The Salvation of Humankind, Baptistery of Padua Cathedral |
International Gothic
Artists from many parts of Europe worked in a decorative Gothic style.
| Name | Dates | Born | Worked | Media | Masterpiece | Museums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simone Martini | c.1284 – c.1344 | Siena | Siena, Assisi, Avignon | Fresco, Tempera | The Maesta Town Hall, Siena |
Uffizi, Hermitage, Louvre Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Lorenzo Monaco | c.1370-1425 | Florence | Florence | Tempera | Coronation of the Virgin Uffizi Gallery |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; National Galleries of Scotland |
| Gentile da Fabriano | 1370 – c.1427 | Marche | Florence, Siena, Rome | Fresco, Tempera | Adoration of the Magi Uffizi |
Uffizi, Vatican Museums, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| Andrea Pisano | c.1290 – c.1348 | Pisa | Pisa, Florence, Orvieto | Sculptor in bronze | Baptistery Doors Florence |
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| Tilman Riemenschneider | c.1460 - 1531 | Würzburg | Würzburg | Sculptor in wood | Altarpiece of the Holy Blood Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Veit Stoss | c.1445-1450 | Horb am Neckar Germany |
Nuremberg, Krakow | Sculptor in wood | Altarpiece of the Blessed Virgin Mary St Mary's Church, Krakow |
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| Limbourg Brothers | active 1385–1416 |
Nijmegen | France | illuminators | Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (The Duke of Berry's Prayer Book) Musée Condé, Chantilly, France |
Condé Museum, Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Enguerrand Quarton | c.1410 - c.1466 | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon France |
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | Tempera | Coronation of the Virgin Villeneuve-lès-Avignon |
Louvre |
Renaissance artists: Italy
Early Renaissance
| Name | Dates | Born | Worked | Media | Masterpiece | Museums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunelleschi | 1377–1446 | Tuscany | Florence | architect, sculptor in bronze and wood |
Crucifix Santa Maria Novella, Florence |
Bargello |
| Ghiberti | 1378–1455 | Florence | Florence | sculptor in bronze and marble |
The Baptistery Doors Florence |
Bargello |
| Masolino | c.1383–1447 | Panicale, Umbria |
Florence, Rome | fresco, tempera | Life of St. Peter Brancacci Chapel, Florence |
National Gallery, London, Alte Pinakothek, Munich; National Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| Nanni di Banco | c.1384–1421 | Florence? | Florence | sculptor in marble | The Four Crowned Martyrs, Orsanmichele, Florence |
Bargello? |
| Donatello | c.1386–1466 | Florence | Florence, Padua | sculptor in bronze wood and marble |
Gattemelata on Horseback Padua |
Bargello, Duomo Museo, Florence |
| Fra Angelico | c.1395–1455 | Rupecanina, Tuscany |
Fiesole, Florence Rome |
fresco, tempera | Deposition of Christ National Museum of San Marco, Florence |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, Alte Pinakothek, Munich; National Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| Uccello | 1397–1475 | Tuscany | Florence | fresco, tempera | The Battle of San Romano Uffizi, Louvre and N.G. London |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, Asmolean Museum, Oxford. |
| Masaccio | 1401–1428 | San Giovanni Valdarno, Tuscany |
Florence | fresco, tempera | The Life of St Peter, Brancacci Chapel, Carmine Church, Florence |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London |
| Filippo Lippi | 1406–1469 | Florence | Florence, Prato Spoleto |
fresco, tempera | The Life of the Virgin Spoleto Cathedral |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, Alte Pinakothek, Munich; National Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| Piero della Francesca | c.1412–1492 | Sansepolcro Tuscany |
Arezzo, Florence Monterchi |
fresco, tempera | The History of the True Cross Church of San Francesco, Arezzo |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre |
| Leonardo da Vinci | c.1421–1457 | Castagno, Tuscany |
Florence | fresco, tempera | The Last Supper, refectory of Sant'Appollonia, Florence |
National Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| Gentile Bellini | 1429–1507 | Venice | Venice, Constantinople | oil painting | Scenes of the True Cross Accademia, Venice |
National Gallery, London, Accademia, Venice |
| Antonello da Messina | c.1430–1479 | Messina, Sicily |
Naples, Venice, Sicily |
oil painting | The Sibiu Crucifixion Brukenthal National Museum, Romania |
Louvre, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; National Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| Mantegna | c.1431–1506 | Padua | Verona, Mantua, Rome |
fresco, tempera | The Marriage Chamber Ducale Palace, Mantua |
National Gallery, London; Hermitage, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; National Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| Verrocchio | c.1435–1488 | Florence | Florence | tempera sculptor in bronze |
The Pistoia Altarpiece, Pistoia Cathedral Colleoni on Horseback, Venice |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Bargello, Florence |
| Botticelli | 1445–1510 | Tuscany | Florence, Rome | fresco, tempera | The Birth of Venus and Primevera, Uffizi |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, Alte Pinakothek, Munich; National Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| Signorelli | c.1445-1523 | Cortona, Tuscany |
Cortona, Orvieto Rome, Arezzo |
fresco, tempera | Scenes of the Last Day Orvieto Cathedral |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Brera Picture Gallery, Milan |
| Perugino | 1446–1524 | Città della Pieve, Umbria |
Perugia, Florence, Rome |
fresco, tempera, oil painting |
Christ giving the Keys to Peter Sistine Chapel, Vatican City |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, Alte Pinakothek, Munich; São Paulo Art Museum, Brazil |
| Ghirlandaio | 1449–1494 | Florence | Florence, Rome | fresco, tempera | Lives of the Madonna and John the Baptist, S. Maria Novella, Florence |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, Alte Pinakothek, Munich; Metropolitan Museum, New York |
High Renaissance
| Name | Dates | Born | Worked | Media | Masterpiece | Museums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Bellini | c.1430–1516 | Venice | Venice | oil painting | San Zaccaria Altarpiece, Church of San Zaccaria, Venice |
National Gallery, London; Rijksmuseum, Accademia, Venice, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| Leonardo da Vinci | 1452–1519 | Vinci, Tuscany | Florence, Milan Amboise, France |
drawing, tempera, oil painting sculpture |
Mona Lisa, Louvre The Last Supper, Milan |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London Louvre, Hermitage |
| Filippino Lippi | c.1457–1504 | Prato, Tuscany | Florence, Rome | fresco, oil painting | The Life of St. Peter, Brancacci Chapel, Florence |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Hermitage, Rijksmuseum |
| Michelangelo | 1475–1564 | Caprese Tuscany | Florence, Bologna Rome |
sculptor in marble fresco, tempera |
David, Accademia, Florence Pieta, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome The Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London, Duomo Museo, Florence; Accademia, Florence |
| Giorgione | c.1477—1510 | Castelfranco, Venice | Venice | oil painting | The Tempest Accademia, Venice |
Accademia, Venice; Hermitage, Louvre, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| Raphael | 1483–1520 | Urbino, Marche | Perugia, Florence, Rome |
fresco, oil painting | The School of Athens, Vatican The Sistine Madonna, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden |
Uffizi, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, New York Hermitage, National Gallery, London |
| Titian | c.1485–1576 | Pieve di Cadore, Venice |
Venice, Padua | oil painting, fresco | The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari |
Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Louvre, National Gallery, Washington D.C.; Pitti, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| Andrea del Sarto | 1486–1531 | Gualfonda Tuscany | Florence, France | oil painting | Madonna of the Harpies Uffizi |
Uffizi, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, National Gallery, Washington D.C.; Hermitage, National Gallery, London |
Filippino Lippi, Scenes from the Life of St. Peter, Florence |
Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, Milan |
Michelangelo, Creation of Adam, Vatican |
Raphael, School of Athens, Vatican |
Michelangelo, David, Florence |
Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Paris |
Titian, Venus of Urbino, Florence |
Giorgione, The Tempest', Venice |
Giovanni Bellini, San Giobbe Altarpiece, Venice |
Titian, Asumption of the Virgin, Venice |
Raphael, Sistine Madonna, Dresden |
Andrea del Sarto, Madonna of the Harpies, Florence |
Mannerism (Late Renaissance)
| Name | Dates | Born | Worked | Media | Masterpiece | Museums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontormo | 1494—1557 | Empoli | Florence | oil painting | Deposition from the Cross Santa Felicita, Florence |
Uffizi, National Gallery, Washington D.C.; Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Benvenuto Cellini | 1500–1571 | Florence | Italy, France | goldsmith, sculptor in bronze |
Perseus with the Head of Medusa Loggia Lanzi, Florence |
Bargello, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, National Gallery of Australia; Royal Collection, London |
| Bronzino | 1503–1572 | Florence | Florence | oil painting | Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo Uffizi, Florence |
Uffizi, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, National Gallery, Washington D.C.; Hermitage, National Gallery, London |
| Parmigianino | 1503-1540 | Parma | Florence, Rome, Bologna, Parma |
oil painting | The Madonna with the Long Neck, Uffizi, Florence |
Uffizi,Metropolitan Museum, New York Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| Tintoretto | 1518-1594 | Brescia | Venice | oil painting | Paradise Doge's Palace, Venice |
Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, New York; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| Paolo Veronese | 1528-88 | Verona | Mantua, Venice | oil painting | Feast in the House of Levi, Accademia, Venice |
Louvre,Metropolitan Museum, New York Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| Giambologna | 1529-1608 | Douai, France | Florence, Rome, Bologna |
sculptor in marble and bronze |
The Rape of the Sabine Women Loggia Lanzi, Florence |
Bargello, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, National Gallery, Washington D.C.; Hermitage, Rijksmusem |
| El Greco | 1541–1614 | Crete | Crete, Venice Toledo, Spain |
oil painting | Burial of the Count of Orgaz Santo Tomé, Toledo, Spain |
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, National Gallery, Washington D.C.; Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Metropolitan Museum, New York; Prado |
Renaissance artists: Northern Europe and Spain
| Name | Dates | Born | Worked | Media | Masterpiece | Museums |
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| Hubert van Eyck | c.1366–1426 | Maaseik? Belgium | Ghent | oil painting, manuscripts |
The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb St. Bavon Cathedral, Ghent |
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| Jan van Eyck | Before 1395–1441 |
Maaseik? Belgium | The Hague, Bruges Ghent |
oil painting | The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb St. Bavon Cathedral, Ghent |
Louvre, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Robert Campin/ "The Master of Flémalle" |
c.1375–1444 | Valenciennes? | Belgium | oil painting | The Mérode Altarpiece Metropolitan Museum, New York |
Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Metropolitan Museum, New York; State Museum, Frankfurt; Royal Museum, Antwerp |
| Rogier van der Weyden | c.1400–1464 | Tournai | Tournai | oil painting | Descent from the Cross Prado Museum, Madrid |
Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Prado, Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Jean Fouquet | 1420-1481 | Tours, France | France, Italy | tempera, miniature manuscripts |
Madonna and Child with angels Royal Museum, Antwerp |
Louvre, Royal Museum, Antwerp; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Hugo van der Goes | c.1440-1482 | Ghent? | Ghent | oil painting | The Portinari Altarpiece Uffizi Gallery, Florence |
Uffizi, Hermitage, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Bartolomé Bermejo | c.1440-c.1498 | Cordoba, Spain | Spain, Belgium | oil painting | Altarpiece of the Virgin of Montserrat Cathedral of Acqui Terme |
National Gallery, London, National Museum of Catalonia, Art institute of Chicago |
| Hieronymus Bosch | c.1450–1516 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
Netherlands | oil painting | The Garden of Worldly Delights Prado Museum, Madrid |
Rijksmuseum, Prado; National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
1500s
| Name | Dates | Born | Worked | Media | Masterpiece | Museums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthias Grünewald | c.1470–1528 | Würzburg | Germany | oil painting | The Isenheim Altarpiece Colmar, France |
Alte Pinakothek, Munich; Louvre, National Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| Albrecht Durer | 1471–1528 | Nuremberg, Germany |
Germany, Italy, Netherlands |
oil painting engraving |
Adoration of the Trinity Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
Louvre, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | 1472–1553 | Kronach | Germany, Netherlands |
oil painting engraving |
The Altarpiece of St. Catherine Gemäldegalerie, Dresden |
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, Hermitage, Metropolitan Museum, New York Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
| Albrecht Altdorfer | c.1480–1538 | Regensburg | Germany | oil painting | Battle of Issus Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
Alte Pinakothek, Munich;Hermitage, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Jean Clouet | 1480-1541 | Brussels? | Tours, Paris | tempera, miniature manuscripts |
François I of France Louvre, Paris |
Louvre, National Galleries of Scotland, Royal Collection, London; Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Hans Holbein the Younger | c.1497–1543 | Augsburg | Germany, Switzerland, England |
oil painting drawing |
The Ambassadors National Gallery, London |
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, New York; Hermitage, National Gallery, London; |
| François Clouet | c.1510–1572 | Tours | Paris | oil painting miniatures |
Diane de Poitiers National Gallery, Washington D.C. |
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, National Gallery, Washington D.C.; Royal Collection, London |
| Nicholas Hilliard | 1547–1619 | Exeter, England | Oxford, London | oil painting, miniatures |
The Pelican portrait of Queen Elizabeth National Portrait Gallery, London(?) |
National Portrait Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; National Gallery, Washington D.C.; National Galleries of Scotland |
Grunewald, The Isenheim Altarpiece, Colmar |
Durer, Adoration of the Trinity, Vienna |
L. Cranach the elder, Altarpiece of St. Catherine of Alexandria, Dresden |
Altdorfer, The Battle of Issus, Munich |
Jean Clouet, François I of France, Louvre |
Holbein, The Ambassadors, London |
François Clouet, Diane of Poitiers, Washington D.C. |
Hilliard, Pelican Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, London(?) |
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