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Art of the Renaissance
Art of the Renaissance
The ItalianRenaissance
Leonardo da Vinci
1452-1519
The Last Supper
Lady with an Ermine
Flying Machine
War Machines
Propeller
Michelangelo1475-1564
Self-Portrait
Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica
Detail of David Statue
Pieta
Raphael1483-1520
The Coronation of Charlemagne
Donatello1386-1466
St. George
Titian1488/90 - 1576
Ranuccio Farnese
Portrait of a Lady
Man with a Quilted Sleeve
The NorthernRenaissance
Jan van Eyck1385-1441
Man in a Turban - possibly a Self-Portrait
The Ghent Alterpiece - closed
The Ghent Alterpiece – open (center)
The Virgin Mary
God the Father, and Jesus
John the Baptist
Male martyrs, all visible are clergy.
Pagan writers and Jewish prophets.
Male saints, popes at the front.
Female martyrs.
The Just Judges
The PilgrimsThe Knights of Christ
The Hermits
Albrecht Dürer1471-1528
Self-Portrait
Early
Self-Portrait
Young Hare
The Little Owl
Squirrels
Hans Holbein- The Younger –
1497-1543
Portrait Miniature
The Ambassadors
The most notable and famous of Holbein's symbols in the work, however, is the skewed skull which is placed in the bottom centre of the composition. The skull, rendered in anamorphic perspective, another invention of the Early Renaissance, is meant to be a visual puzzle as the viewer must approach the painting nearly from the side to see the form morph into an accurate rendering of a human skull. While the skull is evidently intended as a vanitas or memento mori, it is unclear why Holbein gave it such prominence in this painting.
Artists often incorporated skulls as a reminder of mortality, or at the very least, death. Holbein may have intended the skulls (one as a gray slash and the other as a medallion on Jean de Dinteville's hat) and the crucifixion in the corner to encourage contemplation of one's impending death and the resurrection.
Sir Thomas More
Lais Corinthiaca
Sir and Lady Guilford
Pieter Brueghel- The Elder –
1525-1569
The Painter and the Connoisseur
– believed to be a self-portrait
The Fall of Icarus
Netherlandish Proverbs
Tower of Babel
Children’s Games
