Renaissance art

thumb|upright=1.2|In Parmigianino's [[Madonna with the Long Neck (1534–1540), Mannerism makes itself known by elongated proportions, highly stylized poses, and lack of clear perspective.]]

drawing by Leonardo da Vinci

architectural style

cultural movement from the 14th to 17th century

painting, sculpture and decorative arts of that period of European history known as the Renaissance

The cultural and artistic events of Italy during the period 1400 to 1499 are collectively referred to as the Quattrocento ( , , ), from the Italian word for the number '400', in turn from , '1400'. The Quattrocento encompasses the artistic styles of the late Middle Ages (most notably International Gothic), the early Renaissance (beginning around 1425), and the start of the High Renaissance, generally asserted to begin between 1495 and 1500.

thumb|Istoriato decoration on a plate from Castel Durante, 1550–1570 ([[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille)]]

16th- and 17th-century period of cultural and literary flourishing coinciding with the rise of the Spanish Empire

thumb|Renaissance art|Renaissance putti, detail from the [[Camera degli Sposi, by Andrea Mantegna, 1465–1474, fresco, Ducal Palace, Mantua, Italy]] A putto (; plural putti ) is a figure in a work of art depicted as a chubby male child, usually naked and very often winged. Originally limited to profane passions in symbolism, the putto came to represent a sort of baby angel in religious art, often called a cherub (plural cherubim), though in traditional Christian theology, a cherub is actually one of the most senior types of angel. thumb|Three Putti Next to a cartouche (design)|Cartouche, after

thumb|270px|Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (Bruegel)|Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565, ]] thumb|270px|Battesimo della gente, one of Andrea del Sarto's gray and brown grisaille [[frescoes in the Chiostro dello Scalzo, Florence (1511-26)]] Grisaille ( or ; , from gris 'grey') is a painting executed entirely in shades of black and grey or of another neutral greyish colour. It is particularly used in large decorative schemes in imitation of sculpture. Many grisailles include a slightly wider colour range.

Renaissance that occurred in the European countries north of the Alps

suite of reception rooms in the Palace of the Vatican painted by Raphael and his workshop between 1509 and 1524

The Trecento ( , , ; short for , "1300") refers to the 14th century in Italian cultural history. The Trecento is considered to be the beginning of the Italian Renaissance or at least the Proto-Renaissance in art history. The Trecento was also famous as a time of heightened literary activity, with writers working in the vernacular instead of Latin. In music, the Trecento was a time of vigorous activity in Italy, as it was in France, with which there was a frequent interchange of musicians and influences.

short period of the most exceptional artistic production during the Italian Renaissance

The cultural and artistic events of Italy during the period 1500 to 1599 are collectively referred to as the Cinquecento ( , ), from the Italian for the number '500', in turn from , '1500'. Cinquecento encompasses the styles and events of the High Italian Renaissance, and Mannerism.

art movement

chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence, Italy

utopian ideal

collection of Leonardo da Vinci's writings

chapel in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City

palace and museum in Ferrara, Italy

thumb|upright|A 16th-century French walnut sgabello (Walters Art Museum)

Medieval artistic and literary topos

room in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

palace in Genoa, Italy

(; ) is the popular name given to a marble statue by Donatello. It was commissioned for the bell tower of the Cathedral of Florence, Italy and completed between 1423 and 1425. It is also known as the Statue of the Prophet Habakkuk (), as many believe it depicts the Old Testament prophet Habakkuk, though Vasari says that it is a portrait (in Biblical garb) of Giovanni di Barduccio Cherichini.

painting from the circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

artistic motif of a urinating boy

art motif

artistic theme representing the twelve months by iconographic scenes showing human activities, usually in a landscape

theme in Christian art

Renaissance art in Florence

aspect of art history

collection of Renaissance art in the British Museum

symbolic gift after a successful birth in medieval Italy

portraits of the English queen

painters and limners engaged by the Tudor dynasty between 1485 and 1603

protestant Reformation: 16th century, Europe

series of woodcut prints commissioned by Emperor Maximilian I

aspects of Renaissance art and culture in Urbino

historic principal study of Lionello d'Este in 1447

Latin phrase and artistic theme

thumb|right|A kronkåsa that belonged to Gustaf Banér and Christina Sture (1589)|241x241pxA kronkåsa (, plural kronkåsor) is a form of elaborate drinking cup that was used during the Renaissance in Sweden. thumb|227x227px|Depiction of drinking using kronkåsor, from the Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus by [[Olaus Magnus]]