This is an example of a set of works that can be used for the period of the Renaissance in Italy (1420-1520).
The links associated with the objects listed below have been curated by Smarthistory, and include museum pages and other resources that we think are particularly helpful.
(SP) denotes specified painters
(SS) denotes specified sculptors
Religious painting
Massaccio, Tribute Money
Raphael, Transfiguration (SP)
Titian, Assumption of the Virgin
Religious sculpture
Donatello, Mary Magdalene
Michelangelo, David (SS)
Michelangelo, Pieta (SS)
Michelangelo, Moses (SS)
Tullio Lombardo, Adam
Mythological works
Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus
Raphael, Galatea (SP)
Giorgione, Sleeping Venus
Portraits
Leonardo, Mona Lisa
Raphael, Pope Julius II (SP)
Giorgione, Portrait of an Old Woman
Religious architecture
Filippo Brunelleschi, Old Sacristy at San Lorenzo
Donato Bramante, Tempietto
Leon Battista Alberti, Basilica of Sant’Andrea
Secular architecture
Michelozzo, Palazzo Medici
Donato Bramante, Palazzo Caprini
Ca’ d’Oro
