images from the italian renaissance. italian altarpieces and polyptychs

Images from the Italian Renaissance

Italian Altarpieces and Polyptychs

Christ Triumphans with Scenes from the Passion

School of Pisa13th century, tempera and gold

leaf on panel

detail ofChrist Triumphans

with Scenes from the Passion

Madonna and Child with angels and prophets

Cimabue1280, tempera and gold leaf

on panel

Maesta by Duccio, 1308 – 11, tempera on panel, (view of front panel)

Maesta by Duccio, 1308 – 11, tempera on panel, (view of back panels)

Three Marys at the Tomband

Christ’s Descent into Helldetail, verso

Maesta by Duccio

The Resurrection

The Crucifixion with St. John’s Life and the Passion, by Lippo di Benivieni, 1315, tempera on wood panel

Annunciation with Ss Ansanus and Margaretby Simone Martini, 1333, tempera and gold leaf on panel

San Marco Convent wall paintings, Fra Angelico, 1437 – 1439, Florence, Italy

view of dormitory hallway with Annunciation

San Marco Convent Florence, Italy

Annunciation (dormitory hall)San Marco Convent, Florence, Italy

view of the cloister, San Marco Convent, Florence, Italy

view of monk’s cell Virgin and Child with Ss. Augustine and Dominic (cell 11)San Marco Convent Florence, Italy

Virgin and Child with Ss. Augustine

and Dominic (cell 11)


Crucifixion with John, Virgin Mary, St. Dominic

and St. Jerome (cell 4)


View of monk’s cell with Annunciation with

St. Peter Martyr (cell 3)


Annunciation with St. Peter Martyr

cell 3


Transfiguration(cell 6)


Christ Mocked(cell 7)


Christ Nailed to the Cross


Crucifixion with St. Thomas Aquinas, St.

Dominic, Virgin Mary and John


Man of Sorrows with Virgin Mary and St.

Dominic (cell 26)


Italian Use of Perspective

The Resurrection

St. Augustine teaching, by Benozzo Gazzoli, 15th ce employing one-point perspective

Dead Christ, by Mantegna , 1490, tempera on canvas

The Resurrection

Martyrdom of St. James, by Mantegna, 1449-51, fresco

The Resurrection

Camera degli sposi ceiling painting, by Mantegna, 1465-74, fresco

Camera degli sposi ceiling painting, by Mantegna,

1465-74, fresco

Annunciation from the St. Anthony Polyptych, by della Francesca,

1470, oil panel painting

St. Anthony Polyptych, by della Francesca, 1470, oil panel painting

Flagellation of Christ, by della Francesca, 1449 oil on panel

Annunciation, Fra Fillipo Lippi, approx. 1450, tempera panel painting

Annunciation,

Fra Fillipo Lippi, approx. 1450,

tempera panel painting

Annunciation, Fra Fillipo Lippi, approx. 1450, tempera panel painting

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