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The Doryphorus
Classical sculpture
Polykleitus
c.440 BC
Original now lost.
Original made of bronze.

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Parthenon
Ictinus and Callicrates (architects)
c.447-432 BC
Athens, Greece
Limestone (foundations) and marble

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Three Fates
Phidias (sculptor)
c.447-432 BC
East Pediment, Parthenon, Athens, Greece
Marble

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Winged Victory of Samothrace

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Venus Pudica

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The Laocoön
Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus
Late 2ndC BC
Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy
Marble

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Venus Pudica

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The Colosseum
70-80 AD
Rome, Italy
Limestone, tufo, cement (opus caementicium), bricks, marble
Patron – Emperor Vespasian

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Pantheon

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Hagia Sophia
c.562-567 AD
Constantinople (modern day Istanbul, Turkey)
Exterior – stone and brick set in mortar
Interior – mosaics, marble, porphyry

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Durham Cathedral
1093-1130
Durham, England
Sandstone

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Chartres Cathedral
Unknown architect
1194-1260
Chartres, France

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Salisbury Cathedral

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The Nativity
Relief panel on the Pisa Baptistery
Nicola Pisano (c.1220-1284)
1260

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Maestà (or Madonna Santa Trinità)
Cimabue (c.1240-1302)
1285-6
Uffizi, Florence, Italy
Tempera on panel

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The Meeting at the Golden Gate
Giotto (1266-1337)
c.1305-10
The Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy
Fresco
Patron – Enrico Scrovegni

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The Flight into Egypt
Giotto (1266-1337)
c.1305-10
The Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy
Fresco
Patron – Enrico Scrovegni

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The Kiss of Judas
Giotto (1266-1337)
c.1305-10
The Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy
Fresco
Patron – Enrico Scrovegni

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The Crucifixion
Giotto (1266-1337)
c.1305-10
The Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy
Fresco
Patron – Enrico Scrovegni

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The Lamentation
Giotto (1266-1337)
c.1305-10
The Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy
Fresco
Patron – Enrico Scrovegni

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Scrovegni offering a model of the chapel to the Madonna
Giotto (1266-1337)
c.1305-10
The Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy
Fresco
Patron – Enrico Scrovegni

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The Trinity
Masaccio (1401-1428)
1425-1427
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
Fresco

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Triumph of Death
Traini (c.1321-1365)
c.1350
In the town cemetery at Pisa
Fresco

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The Wilton Diptych
Artist unknown
c.1395
National Gallery, London, England
Tempera on wood
Patron – King Richard II

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Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron (if applicable)

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The Tribute Money
Masaccio (1401-1428)
c.1426-8
The Brancacci Chapel, Florence, Italy
Fresco
Patron – Felice Brancacci (a rich and politically active merchant)

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron (if applicable)

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Flora
Verrocchio (c.1435-1488)
c.1475
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy
Marble

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron (if applicable)

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David
Verrocchio (c.1435-1488)
1473-75
Bargello, Florence
Bronze

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron (if applicable)

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Venus and Mars

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Title, Artist and artist’s dates, Date of artwork, Location, Medium, Patron (if applicable)

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St George and the Dragon

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron (if applicable)

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David
Donatello (1386-1466)
c.1440?
Bargello, Florence
Bronze

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron (if applicable)

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The Foundling Hospital
Brunelleschi (1377-1446)
1419-24
Florence

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron (if applicable)

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The Dome of Florence Cathedral
Brunelleschi (1377-1446)
1418 onwards
Florence

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron (if applicable)

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Florence Baptistery

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron (if applicable)

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The Adoration of the Magi Altarpiece
Gentile da Fabriano (1370-1427)
1423
Uffizi, Florence
Tempera on panel

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron (if applicable)

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The Camera degli Sposi (Oculus; Ludovico Gonzaga and His Court, North Wall; The Meeting, West Wall)
Mantegna (1431-1506)
1465-74
Mantua
Fresco
Patron – Ludovico Gonzaga (Marquis of Mantua, 1412-1478)

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Patron

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Palazzo Rucellai (1446-51)

Alberti (1404-1472)

Florence

Patron - Giovanni Rucellai (1403-81)

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location

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Dome of Florence

Cathedral (1418 onwards)

Brunelleschi (1377 – 1446)

Florence

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location

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The Foundling Hospital (1419 - 1424)

Brunelleschi (1377-1446)

Florence

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location

Medium

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The Adoration of the Magi Altarpiece

Gentile Da Fabriano (1370-1427)

1423

Uffizi, Florence

Tempera on panel

300 x 282 cm

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium

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Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata (1453)

Donatello ( 1386 - 1466 )

Bronze

Piazza del Santo, Padua, Italy

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium

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Judith and Holofernes (1460)

Donatello ( 1386 -1466)

bronze

Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

236 cm

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium

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Man in a Red Turban (1433)

Van Eyck (c.1395-1441)

oil on panel

National Gallery, London

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium/ Dimensions

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Arnolfini Portrait ( 1434 )

Jan Van Eyck (1395-1441)

Oil on oak panel

National Gallery, London

(82.2 cm x 62.5cm)

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium / dimensions

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Venus of Urbino (1438 )

Titian (c.1488/90-1576)

Uffizi, Florence

Oil on Canvas

(119cm x 165 cm)

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium

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David (c.1440??)

Donatello ( 1386- 1466)

Bronze

Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron

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The Camera Degli Sposi (1465 - 74)

Mantegna (1431-1506)

Mantua

Fresco

Patron: Ludovico Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (1412-1478)

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron

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The Camera degli Sposi - oculus (1465-1474)

Mantegna

Mantua

Fresco

Patron: Ludovico Gonzaga (marquis of Mantua 1412- 1478)

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron

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The Camera degli Sposi:

Ludovico Gonzaga and his Court, North Wall ( 1465-1474)

Mantegna (1431-1506)

Mantua

Fresco

Patron - Ludovico Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (1412 - 1478)

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron

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The Camera degli Sposi: Ludovico Gonzaga with family Members and political allies: The West Wall

Also known as the Meeting ( 1465 - 1474)

Mantegna ( 1431 - 1506 )

Mantua

Fresco

Patron: Ludovico Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (1412-1478)

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium

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George and the Dragon (c.1465)

Ucello (1397-1475)

NG, London (RM 54)

oil on canvas

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron

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Tomb of Piero and Giovanni de’ Medici (1469-1472)

Verrochio (1435-1488)

Florence

Bronze, marble, pophyry, green marble

Patron: Lorenzo de’ Medici (1449-1492) + Giuliano de’ Medici

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium

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David (1473-75)

Verrocchio (c.1435-1488)

Bronze

Museo Nazionale Del Bargello, Florence

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium

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Flora

Renaissance sculpture

Verrochio (c.1435 -1488)

c.1475

Florence

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron

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David (1501-4)

Michelangelo (1475-1564)

Galleria Dell’ Academia, Florence

Carrara marble

(Commissioned by the ‘Operai’ overseers of the Office of Works of the Duomo)

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium / dimensions

A

Venus and Mars (early 1480s)

Botticelli (1444-1510)

NG, London

Tempera and oil on poplar

69.2 x 173.4 cm

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Patron

A

Belvedere Courtyard (begun 1505)

Bramante (1444 - 1515)

Rome

Patron: Pope Julius II (P.1503-1513)

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron

A

Mona Lisa / La Gioconda (c.1503 -6)

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 -1519)

Musee du Louvre

Oil on poplar

(Lisa Gherardini - wife of Francesco del Giocondo)

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Q

Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location

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St. Peter’s Basilica (begun 1506)

Bramante ( 1444- 1515)

Rome

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Q

Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium
Patron

A

Sleeping Venus (1509/10)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510)

Dresden, Germany

Oil on canvas

(108.5 cm x 175 cm)

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Title
Artist and artist’s dates
Date of artwork
Location
Medium

A

The Ambassadors (1533)

Holbein (c.1497-1543)

National Gallery, London

Oil on oak panel

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