Images of Renaissance Art:
Italian Painting


Before the Renaissance: Duccio, Cimabue, and Giotto


Duccio, Maesto Madonna, 1308-1311 (214 K)

Cimabue, Madonna in Majesty , c. 1285 (101 K)

Giotto, Ognisanti Madonna, c. 1310 (91 K)

Giotto, Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, 1302-6 (132 K)

Giotto, The Kiss of Judas, Arena Chapel, 1302-6 (228 K)

Giotto, Lamentation Over Christ, Arena Chapel, 1302-6 (140 K)




The Early Renaissance in Italy


Masaccio, The Trinity, 1425-1428 (116 K)

Masaccio, Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria della Carmine in Florence, 1426-28 (112 K)

Masaccio, Expulsion from Eden, Brancacci Chapel, 1426-28 (73 K)

Masaccio, Tribute Money, Brancacci Chapel, 1426-28 (113 K)

Sandro Botticelli, Madonna of the Magnificat , 1485 (72 K)




The High Renaissance in Italy


Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin, Child, and St. Anne, 1510 (195 K)

Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, 1498 (184 K)

Raphael, The Alba Madonna, 1511 (82 K)

Raphael, The School of Athens, 1509-10 (181 K)

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel (full), 1508-1512 (257 K)

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling (part 1) (187 K)

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling (part 2) (204 K)

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling (part 3) (237 K)

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling (part 4) (199 K)



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