This document provides an overview of works discussed in chapters 18-20 of an art history textbook. It summarizes key artworks from the 14th century in Europe through the early Renaissance in Italy, including paintings, sculptures, and architectural works by artists such as Giotto, Duccio, van Eyck, Botticelli, Brunelleschi, Donatello, and others. The works covered span different mediums and were created between the 1300s-1500s.
1. Note: some of these are multiple/alternate views of the same piece
ARTH 1441
Essential Works Week 1
Ch. 18: Fourteenth-Century European Art
Ch. 19 Northern Renaissance
Ch. 20 Early Renaissance in Italy
2. Andrea Pisano LIFE OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
South doors, baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence. 1330-1336. Gilded bronze, each panel
19-1/4" × 17" (48 × 43 cm). Frame, Ghiberti workshop, mid 15th century.
The bronze vine scrolls filled with flowers, fruits, and birds on the lintel and jambs
framing the door were added in the mid fifteenth century. [Fig. 18-03]
3. Andrea Pisano THE BAPTISM OF THE MULTITUDE
Detail of the south doors, baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence. 1330-1336.
Gilded bronze, 19-1/4" × 17" (48 × 43 cm). [Fig. 18-04]
4. Cimabue VIRGIN AND CHILD ENTHRONED
Most likely painted for the high altar of the church of Santa Trinità, Florence. c. 1280.
Tempera and gold on wood panel, 12'7" × 7'4" (3.53 × 2.2 m).
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. [Fig. 18-05]
5. Giotto di Bondone VIRGIN AND CHILD ENTHRONED
Most likely painted for the high altar of the church of the Ognissanti (All Saints),
Florence. 1305-1310.
Tempera and gold on wood panel, 10'8" × 6'8-1/4" (3.53 × 2.05 m).
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. [Fig. 18-06]
6. Giotto di Bondone SCROVEGNI (ARENA) CHAPEL, VIEW TOWARD EAST WALL
Padua. 1305-1306. Frescos. [Fig. 18-07]
7. Giotto di Bondone MARRIAGE AT CANA, RAISING OF LAZARUS, LAMENTATION, AND
RESURRECTION/NOLI ME TANGERE
North wall of Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, Padua. 1305-1306.
Fresco, each scene approx. 6'5" × 6' (2 × 1.85 m). [Fig. 18-08]
8. Duccio di Buoninsegna CONJECTURAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FRONT (A) AND BACK
(B) OF THE MAESTÀ ALTARPIECE
Made for Siena Cathedral. 1308-1311.
Tempera and gold on wood, main front panel 7' × 13' (2.13 × 4.12 m). [Fig. 18-10a]
9. Duccio di Buoninsegna RAISING OF LAZARUS
From the predella of the back of the Maestà altarpiece (lower right corner of FIG. 18-
10b), made for Siena Cathedral. 1308-1311.
Tempera and gold on wood, 17-1/8" × 18-1/4" (43.5 × 46.4 cm).
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. [Fig. 18-11]
10. Jan van Eyck DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF GIOVANNI ARNOLFINI AND HIS WIFE
1434. Oil on wood panel, 33" × 22-1/2" (83.8 × 57.2 cm).
The National Gallery, London. [Fig. 19-01]
11. ART AND ITS CONTEXTS: Altars and Alterpieces
Diptych, triptych, and winged triptych alterpiece.
12. ART AND ITS CONTEXTS: Altars and Alterpieces
Altar and triptych alterpiece.
13. UNICORN IS FOUND AT THE FOUNTAIN
From the Hunt of the Unicorn tapestry series. c. 1495-1505. Wool, silk, and silver- and
gilt-wrapped thread (13-21 warp threads per inch), 12'1" × 12'5" (3.68 × 3.78 m).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., The Cloisters
Collection, 1937 (37.80.2) [Fig. 19-08]
14. Workshop of the Master of Flémalle MÉRODE ALTARPIECE (TRIPTYCH OF THE
ANNUNCIATION) (OPEN)
c. 1425-1430s. Oil on wood panel, center 25-1/4" × 24-7/8" (64.1 × 63.2 cm); each
wing approx. 25-3/8" × 10-3/4" (64.5 × 27.6 cm).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Cloisters Collection, 1956 (56.70)
[Fig. 19-10]
15. Workshop of the Master of Flémalle A FLEMISH CITY
Detail of the right wing of the Mérode Altarpiece (FIG. 19-10). [Fig. 19-11]
16. Jan van Eyck MAN IN A RED TURBAN
1433. Oil on wood panel, 13-1/8" × 10-1/4" (33.3 × 25.8 cm).
National Gallery, London. [Fig. 19-12]
17. Jan van Eyck DETAIL OF MIRROR AND SIGNATURE IN A DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF
GIOVANNI ARNOLFINI AND HIS WIFE (FIG. 19-1)
1434. Oil on wood panel. The National Gallery, London. [Fig. 19-13]
18. Rogier van der Weyden DEPOSITION
From an altarpiece commissioned by the crossbowmen's guild, Louvain, Belgium.
Before 1443, possibly c. 1435-1438.
Oil on wood panel, 7'2-5/8" × 8'7-1/8" (2.2 × 2.62 m). Museo del Prado, Madrid.
[Fig. 19-16]
19. Hugo van der Goes PORTINARI ALTARPIECE (OPEN)
c. 1474-1476. Tempera and oil on wood panel; center 8'3-1/2" × 10' (2.53 × 3.01 m),
wings each 8'3-1/2" × 4'7-1/2" (2.53 × 1.41 m).
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. [Fig. 19-19b]
20. Hugo van der Goes PORTINARI ALTARPIECE (OPEN)
c. 1474-1476. Tempera and oil on wood panel; center 8'3-1/2" × 10' (2.53 × 3.01 m),
wings each 8'3-1/2" × 4'7-1/2" (2.53 × 1.41 m).
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. [Fig. 19-19a]
21. Hugo van der Goes PORTINARI ALTARPIECE (OPEN)
c. 1474-1476. Tempera and oil on wood panel; center 8'3-1/2" × 10' (2.53 × 3.01 m),
wings each 8'3-1/2" × 4'7-1/2" (2.53 × 1.41 m).
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. [Fig. 19-19c]
22. Martin Schongauer THE TEMPTATIONS OF ST. ANTHONY
c. 1470-1480. Engraving, 12-1/4" × 9" (31.1 × 22.9 cm).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1920 (20.5.2) [Fig. 19-28]
25. Filippo Brunelleschi DOME OF FLORENCE CATHEDRAL (SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE)
1420-1436; lantern completed 1471. [Fig. 20-02]
26. SCHEMATIC DRAWING OF FLORENCE CATHEDRAL
The separate, central-plan building in front of the façade is the baptistery. Adjacent to
the façade is a tall tower designed by Giotto in 1334. [Fig. 20-03]
27. Filippo Brunelleschi (continued by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo) INTERIOR (A) AND PLAN
(B) OF CHURCH OF SAN LORENZO, FLORENCE
c. 1421-1428; nave (designed 1434?) 1442-1470. [Fig. 20-04b]
28. Filippo Brunelleschi SACRIFICE OF ISAAC
1401-1402. Bronze with gilding, 21" × 17-1/2" (53 × 44 cm) inside molding.
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. [Fig. 20-09]
29. Lorenzo Ghiberti SACRIFICE OF ISAAC
1401-1402. Bronze with gilding, 21" × 17-1/2" (53 × 44 cm) inside molding.
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. [Fig. 20-10]
31. Lorenzo Ghiberti "GATES OF PARADISE" (EAST BAPTISTERY DOORS)
Formerly on the Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence. 1425-1452.
Gilt bronze, height 15' (4.57 m).
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence. [Fig. 20-16]
32. Lorenzo Ghiberti JACOB AND ESAU, PANEL OF THE "GATES OF PARADISE"
(EAST BAPTISTERY DOORS)
Formerly on the Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence. c. 1435.
Gilded bronze, 31 1/4" (79 cm) square.
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence. [Fig. 20-17]
33. Masaccio TRINITY WITH THE VIRGIN, ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, AND DONORS
Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence. c. 1425-1427/1428.
Fresco, 21' × 10'5" (6.4 × 3.2 m). [Fig. 20-19]
34. Masaccio THE TRIBUTE MONEY
Brancacci Chapel, church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence. c. 1427.
Fresco, 8'1" × 19'7" (2.46 × 6 m). [Fig. 20-22]
35. Andrea del Verrocchio DAVID
Commissioned by Lorenzo de' Medici for the Medici Palace. c. 1470-1475.
Bronze with gilded details, height 49-5/8" (1.26 m).
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. [Fig. 20-34]
36. Sandro Botticelli BIRTH OF VENUS
c. 1484-1486. Tempera and gold on canvas, 5'8-7/8" × 9'1-7/8" (1.8 × 2.8 m).
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. [Fig. 20-40]