List of Renaissance artists
Appearance
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Renaissance artists are artists from the Renaissance period of Europe, which started in the late 14th century (~1370). This list includes famous painters and sculptors.
Each artist is listed with their dates, place of birth, some places that they worked, their media (the type of artwork that they made), one or two most famous works and some art galleries where their works can be seen.
Renaissance artists: Italian
[change | change source]Name | Dates | Born | Worked | Media | Masterpiece | Museums |
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Brunelleschi | 1377–1446 | Florence | Florence | architect, sculptor in bronze |
Crucifix Santa Maria Novella, Florence |
Bargello |
Ghiberti | 1378–1455 | Florence | Florence | sculptor in bronze and marble |
The Baptistery Doors Florence |
Bargello |
Masolino da Panicale | c.1383–1447 | Panicale, Umbria |
Florence, Rome | fresco, tempera | Madonna with Child and St. Anne go kys | National Gallery, London, National Gallery of Art D.C. |
Nanni di Banco | c.1384–1421 | Florence | Florence | sculptor in marble | The Four Crowned Martyrs, Orsanmichele, Florence | Bargello |
Donatello | c.1386–1466 | Florence | Florence, Padua | sculptor in bronze, wood and marble |
Gattemelata on Horseback Padua |
Bargello, Duomo Museo, Florence |
Fra Angelico | c.1395–1455 | Rupecanina, Tuscany |
Fiesole, Florence Rome |
fresco, tempera | Deposition of Christ National Museum of San Marco, Florence |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre; National Gallery of Art D.C.;Prado, Madrid |
Uccello | 1397–1475 | Tuscany | Florence | fresco, tempera | The Battle of San Romano Uffizi, Louvre and N.G. London |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, Asmolean Museum, Oxford. |
Masaccio | 1401–1428 | San Giovanni Valdarno, Tuscany |
Florence | fresco, tempera | The Life of St Peter, Brancacci Chapel, Carmine Church, Florence |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London |
Filippo Lippi | 1406–1469 | Florence | Florence, Prato Spoleto |
fresco, tempera | The Life of the Virgin Spoleto Cathedral |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, National Gallery of Art D.C. |
Piero della Francesca | c.1412–1492 | Sansepolcro Tuscany |
Arezzo, Florence Monterchi |
fresco, tempera | The History of the True Cross Church of San Francesco, Arezzo |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre |
Andrea del Castagno | c.1421–1457 | Castagno, Tuscany |
Florence | fresco, tempera | The Last Supper, refectory of Sant'Appollonia, Florence |
National Gallery of Art D.C. |
Gentile Bellini | 1429–1507 | Venice | Venice, Constantinople | oil painting | Scenes of the True Cross Accademia, Venice |
National Gallery, London, Accademia, Venice |
Antonello da Messina | c.1430–1479 | Messina, Sicily |
Naples, Venice, Sicily |
oil painting | The Sibiu Crucifixion Brukenthal, Romania |
Louvre, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; National Gallery of Art D.C. |
Mantegna | c.1431–1506 | Padua | Verona, Mantua, Rome |
fresco, tempera | The Marriage Chamber Ducale Palace, Mantua |
National Gallery, London; Hermitage, National Gallery of Art D.C. |
Verrocchio | c.1435–1488 | Florence | Florence | tempera sculptor in bronze |
The Pistoia Altarpiece, Pistoia Cathedral Colleoni on Horseback, Venice |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Bargello, Florence |
Botticelli | 1445–1510 | Tuscany | Florence, Rome | fresco, tempera | The Birth of Venus and Primevera, Uffizi |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, National Gallery of Art D.C. |
Signorelli | c.1445–1523 | Cortona, Tuscany |
Cortona, Orvieto Rome, Arezzo |
fresco, tempera | Scenes of the Last Day Orvieto Cathedral |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Brera, Milan |
Perugino | 1446–1524 | Città della Pieve, Umbria |
Perugia, Florence, Rome |
fresco, tempera, oil painting |
Christ giving the Keys to Peter Sistine Chapel, Vatican City |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, São Paulo Art Museum, Brazil |
Ghirlandaio | 1449–1494 | Florence | Florence, Rome | fresco, tempera | Lives of the Madonna and John the Baptist, S. Maria Novella, Florence |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Nanni di Banco, Four Crowned Martyrs, Florence
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Brunelleschi, The Sacrifice of Isaac, Florence
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Ghiberti, The Gates of Paradise, Florence
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Donatello, Gattemelata, Padua
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Masolino, 'The Healing of Tabitha, Florence
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Masaccio, The Tribute Money, Florence
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Fra Angelico, Descent from the Cross, Florence
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Filippo Lippi, Coronation of the Virgin, Spoleto
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Uccello, The Battle of San Romano, London
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Piero della Francesca, 'The History of the True Cross, Arezzo
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Andrea del Castagno, The Last Supper, Florence
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Gentile Bellini, The Procession of the Cross, Venice
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Antonello da Messina, St Jerome in his study, London
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Mantegna, Ceiling of the Marriage Chamber, Mantua
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Verrocchio, Bartolomeo Colleoni, Venice
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Verrocchio and Leonardo, The baptism of Christ, Florence
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Botticelli, Birth of Venus, Florence
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Signorelli, The Resurrection, Orvieto
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Perugino, Jesus giving the Keys to Peter, Rome
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Ghirlandaio, The Birth of the Virgin, Florence
High Renaissance
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Filippino Lippi, Scenes from the Life of St. Peter, Florence
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Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, Milan
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Michelangelo, Creation of Adam, Vatican
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Raphael, School of Athens, Vatican
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Michelangelo, David, Florence
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Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Paris
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Titian, Venus of Urbino, Florence
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Giorgione, The Tempest', Venice
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Giovanni Bellini, San Giobbe Altarpiece, Venice
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Titian, Assumption of the Virgin, Venice
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Raphael, Sistine Madonna, Dresden
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Andrea del Sarto, Madonna of the Harpies, Florence
Mannerism (Late Renaissance)
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Cellini, Perseus with the head of the Medusa, Florence
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Giambolgna, Rape of the Sabine Women, Florence
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Bronzino, Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo, Florence
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Parmigianino, The Madonna with the Long Neck, Florence
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Pontormo, The Deposition, Florence
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El Greco, Burial of the Count of Orgaz, Toledo
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Tintoretto, Paradise, Venice
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Veronese, Feast in the House of Levi, Venice
Renaissance artists: Northern Europe and Spain
[change | change source]Early Renaissance
[change | change source]Louvre, National Gallery, London;
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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Hubert and Jan van Eyck, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Ghent
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Jan van Eyck, Wedding portrait of the Arnolfini, London
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Robert Campin, The Merode Altarpiece, New York
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Rogier van der Weyden, Descent from the Cross, Madrid
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Jean Fouquet, Madonna and Child, Antwerp
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Hugo van der Goes, The Portinari Altarpiece, Florence
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Bartolomé Bermejo, Altarpiece of the Virgin of Montserrat, Acqui Terme
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Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Worldly Delights, Prado
1500s
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Grunewald, The Isenheim Altarpiece, Colmar
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Durer, Adoration of the Trinity, Vienna
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L. Cranach the elder, Altarpiece of St. Catherine of Alexandria, Dresden
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Altdorfer, The Battle of Issus, Munich
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Jean Clouet, François I of France, Louvre
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Holbein, The Ambassadors, London
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François Clouet, Diane of Poitiers, Washington D.C.
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Hilliard, Pelican Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, London(?)
References
[change | change source]- Diana Davies (editor), Harrap's Encyclopedia of Art and Artists, (1990), ISBN 0-245-54692-8
- Giorgio Vasari, Lives of the Artists, (1568), 1965 edition, trans George Bull, Penguin, ISBN 0-14-044164-6
- Frederick Hartt, A History of Italian Renaissance Art, (1970) Thames and Hudson, ISBN 0-500-23136-2
- Luciano Berti, Florence: the city and its art, (1971) Scala.
- Luciano Berti, The Ufizzi, (1971) Scala, Florence.