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Pope Clement VII commissioned Michelangelo to paint a fresco in the Sistine Chapel...
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The Burial of the Count of Orgaz immortalizes a local legend in Toledo,...
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Overview of Florence, widely regarded as the birthplace of the Renaissance.
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Overview of Leonardo da Vinci.
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Florence,Italy, was a hub of Renaissance art and culture during the 15th century.
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Leonardo da Vinci, a genius in several fields, was the personification of the “Renaissance...
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Last Supper, wall painting by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1495–98, after its 1999...
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Erasmus, oil on panel by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1523–24; in the Louvre,...
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Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci in red chalk, c. 1512–15.
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Leonardo da Vinci's plans for an ornithopter, a flying machine kept aloft by the...
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Birth of the Virgin, triptych by Pietro Lorenzetti, 1342; in the Museo dell'Opera...
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The Annunciation, fresco by Fra Angelico, 1438–45; in the Museum of San...
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Birth of Venus, tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the...
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Santa Maria Novella, Florence, facade by Leon Battista Alberti, 1456–70.
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Loggia del Capitanio, a gallery designed by Andrea Palladio, in Vicenza, Italy.
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St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, wood panel by Giotto, c. 1295–1300;...
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St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, fresco attributed to Giotto...
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The Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Aurea, tempera on wood by Duccio...
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Gates of Paradise, gilded bronze doors by Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1425–52; on...
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The Tribute Money, fresco by Masaccio, 1425; in the Brancacci Chapel, Santa...
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Flagellation of Christ, tempera on wood panel by Piero della Francesca,...
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Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (the Duomo) in Florence, constructed between 1296...
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The Adoration of the Shepherds, center panel of the Portinari Altarpiece,...
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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–19; in the Louvre,...
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The Virgin of the Rocks, oil on wood by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1491/2–99...
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Pietà, marble sculpture by Michelangelo, 1499; in St. Peter's Basilica,...
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David, marble sculpture by Michelangelo, 1501–04; in the Accademia, Florence.
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Detail of a ceiling fresco by Michelangelo, 1508–12; in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican...
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Detail from School of Athens, fresco by Raphael, 1508–11; in the Stanza...
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Tempietto, designed by Donato Bramante, 1502; in the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio,...
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The Adoration of the Shepherds, oil on canvas by Giorgione, 1505/10; in...
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Venus of Urbino by Titian, 1538; in the Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
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Self-Portrait in Furred Coat, oil on wood panel by Albrecht Dürer, 1500;...
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The Adoration of the Magi, oil painting by Albrecht Dürer, 1504; in the...
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During the 15th century, at the height of the Renaissance in Italy, the peninsula...
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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–19; in the Louvre,...
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St. Peter's Basilica on St. Peter's Square, Vatican City.
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Venus and Adonis, oil on canvas by Titian, 1554; in the National Gallery,...
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Raphael's painting School of Athens shows Plato and Aristotle (center) surrounded...
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Giotto painted frescoes in the Arena Chapel in Padua, Italy, about 1305–06.
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Self-portrait, drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1490/1515–16; in the Royal Library,...
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Michelangelo painted a series of frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel from...
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Engraving from Christoph Hartknoch's book Alt- und neues Preussen (1684;...
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