Early Renaissance Art and Architecture (c. 1400–c. 1480)

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering major Italian art and architectural works from c. 1400 to c. 1480, including artists, mediums, locations, and dates.

Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo)

Cathedral in Florence

constructed 1296–c. 1470,

featuring a famous cupola finished by Filippo Brunelleschi in 1420.

Ospedale degli Innocenti

Foundling hospital building located in Florence

designed by Filippo Brunelleschi and

built c. 1419–24.

Holy Trinity

A 1425

fresco created by

Masaccio,

located in Florence.

The Battle of San Romano

A tempera on panel painting

produced by Paolo Uccello

ca. 1438–40

in Florence.

Porta del Paradiso

Gilded bronze doors

created by Lorenzo Ghiberti

between 1425–52

in Florence.

Annunciation

A fresco

begun in 1439

by Fra Angelico,

located in Florence.

David

A bronze freestanding sculpture

executed by Donatello,

dated to c. 1440.

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

A palace in Florence

designed by Michelozzo di Bartolommeo,

dating to c. 1444.

Procession of the Three Kings

A fresco

executed by Benozzo Gozzoli

c. 1459–60

in Florence.

Portraits of Sforza

A diptych

tempera on panel

by Piero della Francesca,

dated ca. 1469–72.

Nerli Cassone

A 1472 chest

created by Zanobi di Domenico

using wood, plaster, tempera, oil, and gold leaf.

Santa Maria Novella

church facade

in Florence

designed by Leon Battista Alberti,

completed in 1470.

Studiolo of Federico Gonzaga da Montelfeltro

An intarsia-paneled room

created in 1476,

located in the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino.

Camera degli Sposi

A fresco decoration cycle

painted by Andrea Mantegna

between 1465–74

in the Ducal Palace in Mantua.

St. Jerome in his study

An oil on panel artwork

painted by Antonello da Messina,

dated c. 1475.

Christ delivering the keys to Saint-Peter

A fresco painted

by Perugino

between 1481–83

in the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome.

Birth of Venus

A tempera on canvas painting

by Sandro Botticelli,

created c. 1482.

San Giobbe altarpiece

An oil on panel altarpiece

painted by Giovanni Bellini,

dating to c. 1487.