Art history 2 images

Christ as the Good Shepherd, early Christian sculpture, ca. 3rd century CE, marble

Christ as the Good Shepherd, mosaic, 5th century, Galla Placidia Mausoleum, Ravenna, Italy

The Christ Pantocrator, St. Catherine's Monastery at Sinai, 6th-century CE, encaustic on panel

Christ, Deësis mosaic, 13th century, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Atlas of Maritime Charts (The Catalan Atlas), Majorca, 1375, illuminated parchment mounted on six wooden panels

Hereford Mappa Mundi, c. 1300, Hereford Cathedral, England, vellum (calf skin)

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, principal panel of the front of the Maestà altarpiece, from Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy, 1308–1311, tempera on panel

Nicola Pisano, Pulpit of the Baptistery, Pisa, Italy, 1259–1260, marble

Nicola Pisano, Pulpit of the Baptistery, Pisa, Italy, 1259–1260, marble

Nicola Pisano, Annunciation, Nativity, and adoration of the shepherds, relief panel on the pulpit of the baptistery, Pisa, Italy, 1259–1260, marble

Giovanni Pisano, Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds, relief panel on the pulpit of the cathedral, Pisa, Italy, 1302–1310, marble

Bonaventura Berlinghieri, Saint Francis Altarpiece, San Francesco, Pescia, Italy, 1235, tempera on wood

Saint Francis Master, Saint Francis Preaching to the Birds, fresco in the upper church, San Francesco, Assisi, Italy, ca. 1290–1300

Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, from Santa Trinità, Florence, ca. 1280–1290, tempera and gold leaf on wood

Giotto di Bondone, Madonna Enthroned from the Chiesa di Ognissanti (All Saints’ Church), Florence, ca. 1310, tempera and gold leaf on wood

Giotto di Bondone, Entry into Jerusalem, Scrovegni Chapel (Arena Chapel), Padua, Italy, ca. 1305, fresco.

Giotto di Bondone, Lamentation, Scrovegni Chapel (Arena Chapel), Padua, Italy, ca. 1305, fresco

Giotto di Bondone, Betrayal of Jesus, Scrovegni Chapel (Arena Chapel), Padua, Italy, ca. 1305, fresco

Diptych Icon with Saint George, and Mary and the Infant Christ, Ethiopian, early 15th century, glue tempera on panel

Follower of Fre Seyon, Diptych with Mary and Her Son Flanked by Archangels, Apostles and a Saint, Ethiopian, late 15th century, glue tempera on panel

Shang Xi, Guan Yu Captures General Pang De, Ming dynasty, ca. 1430, hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk

Shen Zhou, Lofty Mount Lu, Ming dynasty, 1467, hanging scroll, ink and colors on paper

Ni Zan, Rongxi Studio, Yuan dynasty, 1372, hanging scroll, ink on paper

Huang Gongwang, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, Yuan dynasty, 1347–1350, section of a handscroll, ink on paper

Shen Zhou, Poet on a Mountaintop, Ming dynasty, ca. 1490–1500, album leaf, ink on paper

Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, ca. 1484–1486, Tempera on canvas, Early Renaissance

Sandro Botticelli, Primavera (Spring), ca. 1482, Tempera on wood, Early Renaissance

Andrea del Castagno, Last Supper, 1447, Early Renaissance

Nanni di Banco, Four Crowned Saints, statues in a niche on the north side of Orsanmichele, Florence, Italy, ca. 1410–1414, Marble, Early Renaissance

Donatello, David, c. 1440s, Bronze, Early Renaissance

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Giovanna Tornabuoni, 1488, Oil and tempera on wood, Early Renaissance

Piero della Francesca, Flagellation, c.1455–1465, Oil and tempera on wood, Early Renaissance

Piero della Francesca, Battista Sforza and Federico da Montefeltro, c. 1472-1474, Oil and tempera on wood, Early Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper, ca. 1495–1498, High Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, ca. 1503–1505, Oil on wood, High Renaissance

Andrea Mantegna, Ceiling of the Camera Picta, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy, 1465–1474, Early Renaissance

Masaccio, Tribute Money, mural in the Brancacci chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy, ca. 1424–1427, Fresco, Early Renaissance

Michaelangelo, The Creation of Adam, c. 1512, Fresco, part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, High Renaissance

Michelangelo Buonarroti, Pietà, ca. 1498–1500. Marble, Saint Peter’s, Vatican City, Rome, High Renaissance

Michelangelo, David, 1501-1504, Marble, Florence, Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence,

Michelangelo, Libyan Sibyl, c. 1511, fresco, part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, High Renaissance

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling, 1508-12, High Renaissance

Raphael, Madonna in the Meadow, 1505–1506, Oil on wood, High Renaissance

Raphael, Philosophy (School of Athens), Stanza della Segnatura, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City, Rome, Italy, 1509–1511, High Renaissance