Early Renaissance Painting

Duocento and Trecento Painting

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)



Early Renaissance Painting

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)

Fra Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child 1440/1445

Andrea Mantegna, The Lamentation over the Dead Christ c. 1490

Andrea Mantegna, Ceiling Oculus 1471-74




The Gothic Tradition

Limbourg Brothers, Les Tres Riches Heures Du Duc de Berry (WebMuseum, Paris) 1414-17 -- a link to the web site with the images

Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi 1423 -- an example of international Gothic style in the 15th century

Sandro Botticelli, Primavera 1477-78 -- some historians place Botticelli's work in the category of international Gothic style


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