Famous Artists of the
Italian Renaissance
Week 2
• Piero della Francesca
• Domenico Ghirlandaio
• Perugino
Piero Della Francesca
Annunciation
1452-66
Piero Della Francesca, The Flagellation, c.1455
Linear Perspective
Piero della Francesca, Portraits of Federico da Montefeltro and His
Wife Battista Sforza, ca. 1470
Ghirlandaio
An Old Man and a
Young Boy
c. 1480
Robert Campin
The Virgin and Child
before a Firescreen
c. 1440
Ghirlandaio
The Tornabuoni
Chapel
1485-90
Portraits of
donors in the
Tornabuoni
chapel
Left: Giovanni
Tornabuoni
Right: Francesca
Pitti-Tornabuoni
Masaccio
Holy Trinity
c. 1427
Tornabuoni Chapel Layout
• Green: stories of the Virgin Mary
• Red: stories of St. John of the Baptist
• Violet: the Lives of Dominican Saints and the two patrons
• Yellow on the ceiling: the four evangelists
Ghirlandaio, Birth of the Virgin, c. 1485-90
Sistine Chapel interior view of wall paintings
Christ Giving the Keys of the Kingdom to St. Peter outlined in red
Perugino, Christ Giving the Keys of the Kingdom to
St. Peter, 1481-83
Arch of Constantine, 312-315 CE
Extra Images
Piero della Francesca
The Resurrection
c. 1463-5
Ghirlandaio, The Vocation of the Apostles, 1482
Ghirlandaio
Portrait of Giovanna
Tornabuoni
1489-90
Perugino
Marriage of the Virgin
1500-04