Renaissance
- A revival or rebirth of cultural
awareness and learning that took place during the fourteenth and
fifteenth centuries, particularly in Italy, but also in Germany
and other European countries. The period
was characterized by a renewed interest in ancient
Greek and Roman art
and design and included an emphasis
on human beings, their environment, science, and philosophy.
Examples of Renaissance works
of art are listed on two pages:
- Examples of earlier
Renaissance works of art -- by artists
born before 1475, including the works of
- Donatello (Italian, 1386-1466)
- Fra Angelico (Guido di
Pietro da Mugello) (Italian, 1387-1455)
- Antonio Pisanello (Italian,
before 1395-1455?)
- Andrea Mantegna (Italian,
c. 1429-1506)
- Giovanni Bellini (Italian,
1430?-1516)
- Sandro Botticelli (Italian,
c. 1445-1510)
- Domenico Ghirlandaio (Italian,
1449-1494)
- Sebastiano Mainardi (Italian,
1450-1513)
- Leonardo da Vinci (Italian,
1452-1519)
- Tilmann Riemenschneider
(German, c. 1460-1531)
- Examples of later
Renaissance works of art by artists
born after 1470, including
- Albrecht Dürer (German,
1471-1528)
- Michelangelo Buonarroti
(Italian, 1475-1564)
- Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio)
(Italian, 1483-1520)
- Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
(Italian [Venetian], c. 1485/90-1576)
- Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni
Battista di Jacopo di Guasparre) (Italy, Florence, 1494-1540)
- Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)
(Italian [Venetian], 1518-1594)
- Giambologna (Giovanni
da Bologna) (Italian, 1529-1608)
Here's a link to images
of Renaissance architecture.
Also see chiaroscuro,
cinquecento, incunabulum,
perspective, quatrocento,
and science and art.
https://inform.quest/_art