1. Italian Renaissance Art
of the
Fifteenth Century
~ part two ~

2. DONATELLO, Gattamelata (equestrian statue of Erasmo da Narni), Piazza del Santo, Padua, Italy, ca. 1445–1450. Bronze, 12’ 2” high. 2

3. ANDREA DEL VERROCCHIO, Bartolommeo Colleoni (equestrian statue), Campo dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy, ca. 1481–1496. Bronze, 13’ high. 3

5. GENTILE DA FABRIANO, Adoration of the Magi, altarpiece from Strozzi Chapel, Santa Trinità, Florence, Italy, Tempera on wood, approx. 9’ 11” x 9’ 3”. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. 5

8. Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

9. MASACCIO, Tribute Money, Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy, ca Fresco, 8’ 4 1/8” x 19’ 7 1/8”. 9

10. Eve has the “modest Venus” pose.
Notice that Adam’s and Eve’s body types and poses are derivative of ancient Roman statuary.
Compare Masaccio’s Adam to Jan van Eyck’s Adam from the Ghent Altarpiece.
Eve has the “modest Venus” pose.
MASACCIO, Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden, Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy, ca. 1424–1427. Fresco, 7’ x 2’ 11”. 10

11. Notice symmetry created by the pyramidal composition.
Notice the significance of the donors (Renaissance interest in the individual), classical architecture, and the memento mori at the base.
MASACCIO, Holy Trinity, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, ca. 1424–1427. Fresco, 21’ 10’ 5/8” x 10’ 4 3/4”. 11

12. FRA ANGELICO, Annunciation, San Marco, Florence, Italy, ca. 1438–1447
FRA ANGELICO, Annunciation, San Marco, Florence, Italy, ca. 1438–1447. Fresco, 7’ 1” x 10’ 6”. 12

13. ANDREA DEL CASTAGNO, Last Supper, the refectory, convent of Sant’Apollonia, Florence, Italy, Fresco, 15’ 5” x 32’. 13

14. FRA FILIPPO LIPPI, Madonna and Child with Angels, ca. 1455-
FRA FILIPPO LIPPI, Madonna and Child with Angels, ca Tempera on wood, 2’ 11 1/2”. x 2’ 1”. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. 14

15. DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO, Birth of the Virgin, Cappella Maggiore, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, 1485–1490. Fresco, 24’4” x14’9”. 15

16. DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO, Giovanna Tornabuoni(. ), 1488
DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO, Giovanna Tornabuoni(?), Oil and tempera on wood, 2’ 6” x 1’ 8”. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid. 16

17. PAOLO UCCELLO, Battle of San Romano, ca. 1455 (. )
PAOLO UCCELLO, Battle of San Romano, ca (?). Tempera on wood, approx. 6’ x 10’ 5”. National Gallery, London. 17

18. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Artist: Sandro Botticelli
Title: Primavera
Medium: Tempera on wood panel
Size: 6'8" X 10'4" (2.03 X 3.15 m)
Date: c. 1482
Source/ Museum: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, Tempera on wood panel, 6'8" X 10'4”, c. 1482
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

19. SANDRO BOTTICELLI, Birth of Venus, ca. 1484–1486
SANDRO BOTTICELLI, Birth of Venus, ca. 1484–1486. Tempera on canvas, approx. 5’ 9” x 9’ 2”. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. 19

20. ANTONIO DEL POLLAIUOLO, Battle of the Ten Nudes, ca. 1465. Engraving
ANTONIO DEL POLLAIUOLO, Battle of the Ten Nudes, ca Engraving. 13 1/8” x 1’ 11 1/4”. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (bequest of Joseph Pulitzer, 1917). 20

21. ARNOLFO DI CAMBIO and others, Florence Cathedral (aerial view looking northeast), Florence, Italy, begun 1296. 21 21

22. Artist: Filippo Brunelleschi
Title: Dome of Florence Cathedral
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a
Date: 1417–36; lantern completed 1471; the gallery, 1515
Source/ Museum: n/a
Filippo Brunelleschi, Dome of Florence Cathedral, 1417–36; lantern completed 1471; the gallery, 1515

23. Florence Cathedral (Duomo)
Plan 1294, construction begun 1296, redesigned 1357 and 1366, drum and dome
Plan 1294, construction begun 1296, redesigned 1357 and 1366, drum and dome
Artist: n/a
Title: Florence Cathedral (Duomo)
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a
Date: Plan 1294, construction begun 1296, redesigned 1357 and 1366, drum and dome
Source/ Museum: Illustration by Philipe Biard in Guide Gallimard Florence © Gallimard Loisirs
Florence Cathedral (Duomo)

24. FILIPPO BRUNELLLESCHI, cutaway view of the dome of Florence Cathedral, Florence, Italy, 1420-143624

25. Artist: Filippo Brunelleschi
Title: Foundling Hospital, Florence
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a
Date: Designed 1419; built 1421–44
Source/ Museum: Italy
Filippo Brunelleschi, Foundling Hospital, Florence, designed 1419; built 1421–44

26. Artist: Andrea della Robbia
Title: Detail of Terra-Cotta Medallion
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a
Date: n/a
Source/ Museum: n/a

27. FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI, interior of Santo Spirito (looking northeast), Florence, Italy, designed 1434–1436; begun ca 27

28. FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI, early plan (left) and plan as constructed (right) of Santo Spirito, Florence, Italy, designed 1434–1436; begun 1446. 28

29. FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI, plan of the Pazzi Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence, Italy designed ca. 1423, begun 1442. 29

30. FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI, interior of the Pazzi Chapel (looking northeast), Santa Croce, Florence, Italy, designed ca.1423, begun 1442, with glazed terracotta roundels by Luca della Robbia. 30

31. MICHELOZZO DI BARTOLOMMEO, facade of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence, Italy, begun 1445.31

32. Artist: n/a
Title: Courtyard with Sgraffito Decoration, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a
Date: Begun 1446
Source/ Museum: n/a