Touch an artwork? Sandro Botticelli’s Portrait of a Man with a Medal helped viewers to think about touch and physical experience.
A-level renaissance italy
Patrons mattered during the renaissance. Find out why.
A-level: Types of renaissance patronage
Throughout Europe women’s relegation to the domestic sphere was rooted in Christian tradition that placed blame for humanity’s fall from grace upon Eve, the first woman.
A-level: Introduction to gender in renaissance Italy
You don’t have to brave the crowds in Florence or Rome to see Renaissance art—the best view is often online.
A-Level: Sample set of works for the ...
Proficient in anatomy and perspective, artists aimed at complex poses, ideal beauty—and spiritual transcendence.
A-level: Toward the High Renaissance, an introduction
Look for a revival of classical forms, increasingly precise anatomy, naturalistic movement, and convincing space.
A-level: How to recognize Italian Renaissance art
The city-state of Florence distributed political power, celebrated individualism, and invested in civic monuments.
A-level: Florence in the Early Renaissance
Location, location, location. Meant for the cathedral, David presided over a public square—and now stands inside.
A-level: The many meanings of Michelangelo’s David
Night and day, rough and polish—this chapel embodies opposition and traps the viewer in a moment of transition.
A-level: Michelangelo, Medici Chapel (New Sacristy)
Michelangelo transforms a male model into a female figure. Discover the artist’s working process.
A-level: Michelangelo, Studies for the Libyan Sibyl ...
Where’s Goliath? David scans for his enemy. This colossal sculpture is itself a giant of High Renaissance art.
A-level: Michelangelo, David
Michelangelo turns book learning on its head. Defying classical grammar, he speaks his own architectural language.
A-level: Michelangelo, Laurentian Library
As demons harvest new souls and angels wake the dead, Mary crouches, powerless beside Christ.
A-level: Michelangelo, Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel
Bound to rock, these figures struggle to escape their marble prisons. One closes his eyes; the other looks to God.
A-level: Michelangelo, Slaves
Can stone be that soft? Contrast defines this sculpture. Mary is sweet but strong, and Christ, real yet ideal.
A-level: Michelangelo, Pietà
From baptism to last rites, one Church organized the lives of most Western Europeans—until the events of 1517.
A-level: The Protestant Reformation
The greatest minds of the High Renaissance worked on this vast church. Construction took more than a century.
A-level: Saint Peter’s Basilica
He mastered fresco as easily as marble—and spoke the languages of architecture and poetry with equal fluency.
A-level: Michelangelo: Sculptor, painter, architect, and poet
The Hebrew prophet at the center of this tomb exudes energy and power, from his intense gaze to his twisted pose.
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