Renaissance art and artists, history, galleries and art museum collections
Italian and Northern European Renaissance artists
Arte del Renacimiento/Arte rinascimentale/Art de la Renaissance/Renaissance-Kunst
Alberti
Alberti’s On Painting
A English translation, from Notebook.
Alberti: Architectural Proportions
Leon Battista Alberti. Wikipedia
The Ultimate Renaissance Man: Leon Battista Alberti. Culture Trip
Leon Battista Alberti, Italian architect and author. Britannica.com
Architecture
Renaissance architecture. Wikipedia
Architecture in Renaissance Italy . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art
Renaissance Architecture in Great Buildings Online
Artists of the Renaissance.
Wikipedia entries.
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Drawings
Anatomist drawings by Leonardo da Vinci in The Royal Collection.
Michelangelo: drawings for the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.
Web Gallery of Art
Michelangelo: drawings for The Madonna and Child.
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Early Renaissance
The Early Renaissance in Florence.
The National Gallery of Art, U.S.
Artcyclopedia: The Early Renaissance
Great artworks in art museums.
Giotto
A collection of Giotto’s artwork with descriptions and artist’s biography.
Masaccio
Wikipedia entry.
Early Renaissance art in Italy. Wikipedia
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Female painters of the Italian Renaissance.
Ficino, Marsilo
Marsilio Ficino on the alchemical art.
Translation of a Latin text, Marsilius Ficinus, ‘Liber de Arte Chemica.’
Florence/Firenze
Early Renaissance Florence
Exhibition at The National Gallery of Art, US.
Florence, a list of art museums and galleries.
Guide to Florence. Firenze.net
Map of Florence, an interactive street and buildings map.
Uffizi Gallery.
High-defintion images of works of art, from The Google Art Project.
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Gardens
Gardens of the Renaissance. The Berger Foundation
Italian Renaissance gardens, a list from Wikipedia.
Garden Visit, a traveller’s guide to gardens in Italy.
German Renaissance
German Renaissance
A summary with artist image galleries.
German/Northern Renaissance paintings.
Wikipaintings
The Northern Renaissance (below)
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Humanism
Humanists of the Renaissance. The Vatican Library
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Italianistica
Italian Studies Online. Portale di studi italianistici.
Italian Renaissance websites
Architecture in Renaissance Italy.
Early Italian Renaissance Paintings
Wikipaintings
Italian paintings of the Renaissance. National Gallery, Washington D.C.
The National Gallery of Art
Renaissance Art in Italy (c.1400-1600)
History, Characteristics, Causes, Techniques
Italian Renaissance, background, artists, images.
European Art in the Renaissance:
Thematic Essays (through the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History)
Italianistica
Italian Studies Online. Portale di studi italianistici.
Italian Renaissance, web resources from ARTHlinks.
Manuscript Illumination in Italy, 1400–1600
The Royal Collection
The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: The Renaissance
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M
Manuscripts from the British Library.
Robert Campion
Medici family.
A profile of the Medici family and their influence on Italian Renaissance art.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, a list of websites.
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National Gallery tour of its collection of Renaissance art collection.
Northern Renaissance
Northern Renaissance Painting. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Early Netherlandish paintings, from Van Eyck to Bruegel.
Northern Renaissance artists.
Art museums displaying works by Northern Renaissance artists.
Northern Renaissance Artists
Bosch, Hieronymus
The Web Gallery of Art
The Ghent Altarpiece, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck.
Campin, Robert (Master of Flemalle)
Robert Campin
The National Gallery, London
Robert Campin
Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)
Dürer, Albrecht
Albrecht Durer. The National Gallery of Art collection.
Albrecht Durer. The National Gallery (London) collection.
Albrecht Durer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Durer’s house in Nuremberg.
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Palladio Museum. Il Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio
Pico della Mirandola
The Pico Project
Brown University and Universita degli Studi di Bologna
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Renaissance art in Italy, web resources from ARTHlinks.
Renaissance and 17th Century Links,
an education website by John Richard Stevens. Bibliographies, pamphlets, history, architecture, organizations. 17th Century Net
Rome; arts and culture websites.
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Sculpture/Scultura rinascimentale
Sculptors of the Renaissance.
Wikipedia entries.
Italian Renaissance sculptors, a web gallery from Thais.it
Donatello
Thais
Michelangelo; sculptures by Michelangelo.
The Web Gallery of Art
Sienese school of painting
Sienese School of Painting (c.1250-1550)
The Siena school of Italian art, founded by Guido da Siena (active after 1250) and Coppo di Marcovaldo (1225-1274), flourished in Siena, between the 13th and 15th centuries. It had an influence on the development of Pre-Renaissance painting.
Sienese Painting. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sienese School, Wikipedia entry.
Society, history, culture
Renaissance Society
A site about the history of the times, culture and society of the Northern & Southern Renaissance movement.
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Theory, Renaissance Theory
Discipline Letteratura Italiana del Novecento. Italianistica Online
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V
Vasari, Georgo
Vasari, Giorgio. Giorgio Vasari.
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
Le Vite
1550 Unabridged, original Italian.
Stories Of The Italian Artists From Vasari
Translated by E L Seeley, 1908. Abridged, in English.
Vasari
Wikipedia
The Vatican
Vatican art collection and art museums.
Paintings in The Pinacoteca, The Vatican.
Venice
Venice (Venezia) Museums, galleries and exhibitions.
Victoria and Albert Museum Medieval and Renaissance galleries.
Wikipedia entries on the Renaissance and Renaissance art and artists.
Famous Renaissance artists/Renaissance art museum collections
Bassano, Jacapo
Jacapo Bassano. Artcyclopedia
Jacopo Bassano. The National Gallery
Jacopo Bassano. Le Louvre museum.
Bellini, Giovanni
Giovanni Bellini. WebMuseum
Giovanni Bellini. Image Gallery
Giovanni Bellini. paintings categorirized by date. WGA
Bosch, Hieronymous
Hieronymous Bosch. Web Museum
Hieronymus Bosch. Olga’s Gallery
Botticelli, Sandro
Botticelli, Sandro. Sandro Botticelli. Museum guide.
Sandro Botticelli. Artchive Gallery
Botticelli. The Athenaeum online gallery.
Botticelli. The WebMuseum
Biography and images of paintings.
Botticelli. Wikipaintings, Artworks categorized under genre.
The Birth of Venus. Wikipedia entry.
Botticelli. Le Louvre
Botticelli. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Brueghel, Pieter, the Elder
Brueghel the Elder, Jan. Art museums displaying works by Brueghel the Elder.
Pieter Bruegel. Web Gallery of Art
Bruegel. The WebMuseum
Bruegel. Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter. Pieter Bruegel
Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Wikipedia entry.
Bosch Bruegel Society
Pieter-Bruegel-The-Elder.org. 99 works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Campin, Robert
Robert Campin (Master of Flemalle)
Robert Campin
The National Gallery, London
Robert Campin
Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)
Correggio, Antonio
Antonio da Correggio. Wikipedia entry.
Correggio. Olga’s Gallery
Corregio. The Web Gallery of Art, image collection.
Correggio. WebMuseum
Cosimo, Piero di
Piero di Cosimo. Artchive
Piero di Cosimo. Museum guide.
Cranach the Elder
Cranach the Elder, Lucas. WebMuseum
Lucas Cranach. Museum guide.
Da Vinci, Leonardo
Leonardo da Vinci. Museum guide.
Leonardo da Vinci web links.
Leonardo da Vinci. Interactive biography.
Leonardo da Vinci. Artchive image gallery.
del Sarto, Andrea
Andrea del Sarto. Paintings between 1520 and 1525.
Andrea del Sart0. Paintings after 1525.
The Web Gallery of Art
Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi)
Donatello. Donatello image gallery.
Donatello, Wikipedia entry.
Donatello. David at The Bargello Museum, Florence.
Donatello. The National Gallery of Art
Durer, Albrecht
Albrecht Durer. WebMuseum
Albrecht Durer. The National Gallery of Art collection.
Albrecht Durer. The National Gallery (London) collection.
Albrecht Durer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Durer’s house in Nuremberg.
Eyck, Jan van
Fra Angelico
Fra Angelico. Olga’s Gallery
Fra Angelico. Artcyclopedia
Fra Angelico, Wikipedia entry.
Fra Aangelico. Web Gallery of Art
Fra Angelico. Art museums.
Francesca, Piero della
Piero della Francesca. WebMuseum
Piero della Francesca. Artchive Gallery
Giorgione (Giorgio da Castelfranco)
Giorgione (Giorgio da Castelfranco). Olga’s Gallery
Giorgione. Works by Giogione in art museums and galleries.
Giorgione. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Giorgione. La Tempesta Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice.
Giorgione. La Tempesta
Giotto, di Bondone
Giotto di Bondone. Olga’s Gallery
Giotto. The Web gallery of Art
Giotto. Le Louvre, Paris.
Giotto. Alte Pinakothek. Munich.
Giotto. National Gallery, London.
Giotto. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Giotto. Vatican Collection
Goes, Hugo van der
Hugo can der Goes, WebMuseum.
Hugo van der Goes. Olga’s Gallery
Hugo van der Goes. Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna.
Holbein the Younger
Holbein the Younger, Hans. Artworks of Holbein in museums.
Holbein. WebMuseum
Holbein. Archive Image Gallery.
Leonardo da Vinci
Lippi, Fra Filippo
Fra Filippo Lippi. Artworks by Fra Filippo Lippi in art museums.
Fra Filippo Lippi. National Gallery, London.
Fra Fillp Lippi. Olga’s Gallery
Fra Filppo Lippi. Galleria Borghese
Fra Filippo Lippi. Web Gallery of Art
Lotto, Lorenzo
Lorenzo Lotto artworks in museums.
Lorenzo Lotto. My Studio.
Allegory of Virtue and Vice,
Penitent Saint Jerome,
Christ Carrying the Cross,
Portrait of a Young Man.
Portrait of a Man with a Felt Hat
Lorenzo Lotto. Olga’s Gallery
Lorenzo Lotto. National Gallery of Art Virtual Tour
Mantegna, Andrea
Andrea Mantegna. Web Museum.
Andrea Mantega. The Louvre, Paris.
Andrea Mantegna. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Andrea Mantegna. Mark Harden’s Artchive
Andrea Mantegna. Biographical notes.
Andrea Mantegna. Le Louvre
Andrea Mantegna. Adoration of the Shepherds. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Andrea Mantegna. The Agony in the Garden. The National Gallery
Andrea Mantegna. Adoration of the Magi.The Getty Museum
Andrea Mantegna. The British Museum
Andrea Mantegna. Art museums holding works by Mantegna.
Andrea Mantegna. Olga’s Gallery
Masaccio
Masaccio. Vatican Collection
Masaccio. Brancacchi Chapel
Massacio. Olga’s Gallery
Michelganelo Buonarotti
Michelangelo Buonarotti; a list of websites.
Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel
Web Gallery of Art
Perugino, Pietro
Pietro Perugino. Uffizi Gallery, CGFA
Perugino. Olga’s Gallery
Perugino. Web Gallery of Art
Perugino paintings in art museums and galleries.
Perugino. Background and image gallery.
Perugino. Vasari biography.
Pinturicchio
Frescoes in the Baglioni Chapel in Spello
Pintoricchio. National gallery, London
Pinturicchi. Images at Wikimedia Commons.
Pinturicchio. Wikipedia entry.
Pisanello (Antonio Pisan/Puccio)
(Antonio Pisan/Puccio) Pisanello. National Gallery, London.
Pisanello. Le Louvre, Paris.
Pisano, Nicola
Baptistry (Pisa). Wikipedia
Nicola Pisano. Web Gallery of Art
Nicola Pisano. Thais.it
Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)
Pontormo Online
Jacopo Pontormo. Web Gallery of Art
Pontormo. Uffizi Gallery
Raphael, Sanzio da Urbino
Sanzio Raphael paintings in art museums and galleries.
Raphael. Olga’s Gallery
Raphael. The Google Art Project online gallery of high-resolution mages.
Raffaello. The Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Raphael. Wikipedia entry.
Raphael. The National Gallery, London
Raphael. Artchive gallery.
Raphael. WebMuseum
Raphael. Web Gallery of Art
Raphael: Paintings in Rome (1510-20)
Raphael. Olga’s Gallery
Raffaello, Madonna della Seggiola
Singnorelli, Luca
Fresco Cycle in the San Brizio Chapel, Cathedral, Orvieto.
Web Gallery of Art
Tintoretto
Tintoretto. Web Gallery of Art
Tintoretto National Gallery, London.
Tintoretto Pallazzo Ducale, Venice.
Tintoretto. Wikipedia
Jacopo Tintoretto.org. 257 works by Tintoretto.
Tintoretto. Image gallery at Settemuse.
Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice.
Madonna dell’Orto, Venice.
Titian, Vecellio
Vecellio Titian. Artchive Gallery
Titian paintings in art museums.
Artcyclopedia
Titian. Wikipedia entry.
Titian. Olga’s Gallery
A comprehensive collection of more than 100 images of artist’s works with biography and historical comments.
Titian: works of art categorized by date and subject-matter. WGA
Paintings in the Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice. WGA
Titian, A Thematic Essay
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Titian. WebMuseum
Uccello, Paolo
Paolo Uccello. Artchive
Paolo Uccello. Olga’s Gallery
Paolo Uccello
Veronese, Paulo
Paulo Veronese. The Web Gallery of Art
Paolo Fernoese. Gallery at Museum Syndicate
Paolo Veronese, Wikipedia entry.
Paolo Veronese Online. Art museums, a directory.
Veronese. WebMuseum
The Wedding Feast at Cana. Le Louvre
Paintings in The Palazzo Ducal, Venice. WGA
Paintings of allegorical and mythological subjects. WGA
Weyden, Rogier van der
Weyden, Rogier van der. Rogier van der Weyden. Web Museum
Rogier van der Weyden. Art museums on the internet.
Rogier van der Weyden. The Getty Museum
Rogier van der Weyden. Web Gallery of Art
Rogier van der Weyden. The National Gallery
Rogier can der Weyden. Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank