Art terms

Early Renaissance

The Agony in the Garden
Image credit: The National Gallery, London

The Agony in the Garden about 1458-60

Andrea Mantegna (c.1431–1506)

The National Gallery, London

The Early Renaissance usually refers to the period of art in Tuscany, Italy, in the fifteenth century when the characteristics of Renaissance art first appeared. These included increased naturalism and solidity of forms, the discovery of linear perspective and the use of oil paints. Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Piero della Francesca, Andrea Mantegna and Sandro Botticelli are among its many masters.

Artworks

  • The Baptism of Christ
    The Baptism of Christ Piero della Francesca (c.1415–1492)
    The National Gallery, London
  • The Dominican Blessed: Outer Left Pilaster Panel
    The Dominican Blessed: Outer Left Pilaster Panel Fra Angelico (c.1400–1455)
    The National Gallery, London
  • The Virgin and Child
    The Virgin and Child Masaccio (1401–1428)
    The National Gallery, London
  • A Pope (Saint Gregory?) and Saint Matthias
    A Pope (Saint Gregory?) and Saint Matthias Masolino (c.1383–c.1436)
    The National Gallery, London
  • Christ Crucified
    Christ Crucified Antonello da Messina (c.1430–1479)
    The National Gallery, London
  • The Hunt in the Forest
    The Hunt in the Forest Paolo Uccello (1397–1475)
    Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
  • The Annunciation
    The Annunciation Domenico Veneziano (d.1461)
    The Fitzwilliam Museum
  • 19 more

Artists

  • The Virgin Adoring the Child
    Biagio d'Antonio (1446–1516)
  • The Virgin Adoring the Child
    Jacopo del Sellaio (c.1441–1493)
  • Portrait of a Man
    Jacometto Veneziano (d. before 1498)
  • The Adoration of the Magi
    Bartolo di Fredi (c.1353–1410)
  • Saint Lanfranc Enthroned between Saint John the Baptist and Saint Liberius
    Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano (c.1459–1517)
  • The Wounded Centaur
    Filippino Lippi (c.1457–1504)
  • The Tribute Money
    Lodovico Mazzolino (c.1480–c.1530)
  • The Annunciation
    Francesco di Stefano Pesellino (c.1422–1457)
  • Virgin and Child with the Child Baptist and Two Angels
    Raffaellino del Garbo (c.1466–1524)
  • Virgin and Child with Saint Mary Magdalene and Another Female Saint
    Vincenzo Catena (c.1470–1531)

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