Art terms

Renaissance

Doge Leonardo Loredan
Image credit: The National Gallery, London

Doge Leonardo Loredan 1501-2

Giovanni Bellini (1431/1436–1516)

The National Gallery, London

The Renaissance, French for 'rebirth', refers to the period in European art between about 1400 and 1550. This period saw renewed interest in classical art, literature and learning, as well as changes in society such as urbanisation and the rise of aristocratic patrons. These influenced changes in artistic style, including greater realism in portraiture and perspective, and a wider range of subject matter.

Artworks

  • Doge Leonardo Loredan
    Doge Leonardo Loredan Giovanni Bellini (1431/1436–1516)
    The National Gallery, London
  • The Dominican Blessed: Outer Left Pilaster Panel
    The Dominican Blessed: Outer Left Pilaster Panel Fra Angelico (c.1400–1455)
    The National Gallery, London
  • Portrait of a Lady ('La Schiavona')
    Portrait of a Lady ('La Schiavona') Titian (c.1488–1576)
    The National Gallery, London
  • The Virgin and Child
    The Virgin and Child Masaccio (1401–1428)
    The National Gallery, London
  • The Virgin and Child with an Angel
    The Virgin and Child with an Angel Perugino (c.1450–1523)
    The National Gallery, London
  • The Baptism of Christ
    The Baptism of Christ Piero della Francesca (c.1415–1492)
    The National Gallery, London
  • Christ presented to the People (Ecce Homo)
    Christ presented to the People (Ecce Homo) Correggio (c.1489–1534)
    The National Gallery, London
  • 52 more

Artists

  • Portrait of Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and his Wife
    Jan van Eyck (c.1380/1390–1441)
  • Saint Jerome
    Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528)
  • Bacchus and Ariadne
    Titian (c.1488–1576)
  • The Virgin of the Rocks (The Virgin with the Infant Saint John adoring the Infant Christ accompanied by an Angel)
    Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
  • Saint Catherine of Alexandria
    Raphael (1483–1520)
  • The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John
    Michelangelo (1475–1564)
  • The Adoration of the Kings
    Giorgione (1477–1510)
  • Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve ('The Ambassadors')
    Hans Holbein the younger (c.1497–1543)
  • Adam and Eve
    Lucas Cranach the elder (1472–1553)
  • Venus and Mars
    Sandro Botticelli (1444/1445–1510)

Stories

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