ITALY Ch17-19

Italy

Period: Feb 23, 1300 to Feb 23, 1550

Virgin and Child Enthroned - Giotto

Feb 23, 1305

Giotto
Virgin and Child Enthroned
For the Church of Ognissanti (All Saints)
Florence, Italy
1305-1310
Tempera and gold on wood panel
10'8" x 6'8 ¼“

Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel in Padua, Italy - Giotto

Feb 23, 1306

Giotto
Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel in Padua, Italy
1305-1306
For Enrico Scrovegni
Fresco
East Wall: Christ in Majesty, below
Annunciation, Judas Recieving Payment, and
the Visitation

Piazza Della Signoria with Palazzo Della Signoria

Feb 23, 1310

Piazza Della Signoria with Palazzo Della Signoria
(aka Palazzo Vecchio), 1299- 1310
Loggia dei Lanzi, 1376-1382
Florence, Italy

The Maesta Altarpiece (front) - Duccio

Feb 23, 1311

Duccio
The Maesta Altarpiece (front)
1308-1311
Tempera and gold on wood
Made for Siena Cathedral

South doors of the Baptistry of San Giovanni - Pisano

Feb 23, 1330

Andrea Pisano
South doors of the Baptistry of San Giovanni
(St. John)
Florence, Italy
1330-1336
Gilded bronze

The Effects of Good and Bad Government in the City and the Country - Lorenzetti

Feb 23, 1338

Lorenzetti
The Effects of Good and Bad Government in
the City and the Country
1338-1339
Fresco
Sala Dei Nove (Room of the Nine) in the Palazzo
Pubblico
Siena, Italy

Trinity With the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors

Feb 28, 1425

Masaccio
Trinity With the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist,
and Donors
Santa Maria Novella
Florence, Italy
c. 1425
Fresco
Linear Perspective
Orthogonal

The Tribute Money

Feb 28, 1427

Masaccio
The Tribute Money
c. 1427
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine
Florence, Italy
Fresco
Chiaroscuro

Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

Feb 28, 1427

Masaccio
Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise
c. 1427
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine
Florence, Italy
Fresco
Chiaroscuro

Portrait of a Woman and Man

Feb 28, 1445

Fra Filippo Lippi (?) attrib.
Portrait of a Woman and Man
c. 1435-1445
Tempera on wood panel
Florence(?), Italy
Possibly for the Scolari family
25 ¼ x 16 ½ "

Palazzo Medici-Riccardi

Feb 28, 1446

Attributed to Michelozzo
Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
Florence, Italy
Begun 1446 for Cosimo Medici

Rusticated stone

Birth Tray (Desco da Parto) of Lorenzo de' Medici

Feb 28, 1449

Attributed to Lo Scheggia
Birth Tray (Desco da Parto) of Lorenzo
de' Medici, 1449
Florence, Italy
tempera, gilding on wood
24 ½” dia.
Front: Triumph of Fame
Back: Emblems of the Medici

East Doors, "Gates of Paradise"

Feb 28, 1452

Ghiberti
East Doors, "Gates of Paradise"
Baptistery of San Giovanni
Florence, Italy
1425-1452
Gilt bronze, lost-wax casting
15' h.

Sponsored by the Wool guild
Detail: Self-portrait of Ghiberti

Medici Chapel, on piano nobile

Feb 28, 1459

Medici Chapel, on piano nobile (2nd story)
Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
Florence, Italy
Journey of Magi, frescoes by Benozzo
Gozzoli, c. 1459
carved, inlaid, and gilt wood, inlaid marble,
porphyry, and other hardstones

Journey of Magi (detail with Lorenzo Medici as Magi Gaspar)

Feb 28, 1459

Benozzo Gozzoli
Journey of Magi (detail with Lorenzo Medici
as Magi Gaspar)
Medici Chapel, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
Florence, Italy
c. 1459
Frescoes

David

Feb 28, 1460

Donatello
David
For Cosimo Medici and the courtyard of the
Medici Palazzo
c. 1446-1460(?)
Florence, Italy
Bronze
5’-2 ¼ "

Church of San Lorenzo

Feb 28, 1470

Brunelleschi, continued by Michelozzo
Church of San Lorenzo
c. 1421-70
Florence, Italy
Major Patron: Medici Family
Pietra Serena
Coffered ceiling
Corinthian Columns

St. Francis in Ecstasy

Feb 28, 1470

Giovanni Bellini
St. Francis in Ecstasy
c. 1470s
Venice, Italy
Oil and tempera on wood panel
49 x 55 7/8"

Cathedral of Florence (aka the Duomo)

Feb 28, 1471

Arnolfo di Cambio and others
Cathedral of Florence (aka the Duomo)

begun in 1296 (Gothic)
Bell tower (Campanile) by Giotto, 1334
Dome by Brunelleschi, 1420-1436
(lantern completed by Michelozzo, 1471)
Florence, Italy

Cassone Made for the Marriage of Lorenzo Morelli and Vaggia Nerli

Feb 28, 1472

Jacabo del Sellaio, Biagio d'Antonio
(painters)
Cassone Made for the Marriage of Lorenzo
Morelli and Vaggia Nerli
1472
Florence, Italy
Tempera and gold on wood

Double Portrait of Battista Sforza and Federico Da Montefeltro

Feb 28, 1474

Piero della Francesca
Double Portrait of Battista Sforza and
Federico Da Montefeltro
Reverse: Triumph of Federico and
Battista
c. 1474
Urbino, Italy
Oil on wood panel Each 18 ½ x 13"

Hercules and Antaeus

Feb 28, 1475

Pollaiuolo
Hercules and Antaeus
from the Medici Collection
c. 1475
Italy
Bronze, lost wax casting
Height 18

Studiolofor Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino

Feb 28, 1476

Giuliano da Maiano (?)
Studiolo
for Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of
Urbino
1476
Ducal Palace, Urbino, Italy
Wood, Intarsia

The Delivery of the Keys To St. Peter

Feb 28, 1481

Perugino
The Delivery of the Keys To St. Peter
Commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV
1481
Sistine Chapel
Vatican, Rome, Italy
Fresco
11'5 ½ " x 18'8 ½ "

Primavera

Feb 28, 1482

Botticelli
Primavera
Probably for the Nuptial chamber of
Lorenzo Pierfrancesco di Medici, cousin of
Lorenzo il Magnifico
c. 1482
Florence, Italy
Tempera on wood panel
6'8" x 10'4"

Sistine Chapel With Frescoes Commissioned for the side walls by Pope Sixtus IV

Feb 28, 1482

Sistine Chapel
With Frescoes Commissioned for the
side walls by Pope Sixtus IV
c. 1480-1482
Vatican, Rome, Italy

Altarpiece With Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds

Feb 28, 1485

Ghirlandaio
Altarpiece With Nativity and Adoration
of the Shepherds
For the Sasettti Family chapel, Church
of Santa Trinita (still in situ)
Florence, Italy
1485
tempera and oil on wood panel
65 ¾ sq.

Battle of the Nudes

Feb 28, 1490

Pollaiuolo
The Battle of the Nudes
c. 1465-1490
Italy
Print: Engraving

Procession of the Relic of the True Cross Before the Church of St Mark

Feb 28, 1496

Gentile Bellini
Procession of the Relic of the True Cross
Before the Church of St Mark (San
Marco)
Commissioned by the confaternity of St
John the Evangelist
1496

Venice, Italy
Oil on canvas
12' x 24'5"