Late Medieval and Renaissance Italian Art and Architecture

Vocabulary-style flashcards covering major artworks, monuments, sculptors, and historical structures in Siena, Orvieto, and Venice based on the lecture notes.

Duomo (Cathedral) of Siena

A major cathedral in Siena with a dome completed by 1264, lower façade completed by Giovanni Pisano between 1285–96, and nave vaults raised in the late 14th century.

Duomo di Orvieto

A cathedral begun in 1290 featuring Old and New Testament narrative relief panels on the façade sculpted by Lorenzo Maitani, who took charge of architectural work in 1308.

Nicola Pisano, Pulpit (Pisa Baptistery)

A landmark marble pulpit created by Nicola Pisano in 1260 for the Pisa Baptistery.

Siena Cathedral Pulpit

A marble pulpit sculpted between 1265 and 1268 by Nicola Pisano with his son Giovanni Pisano, featuring relief panels such as the 'Massacre of the Innocents' and the 'Seven Liberal Arts'.

Duccio's Maestà

A double-sided altarpiece for the Siena Duomo executed between 1308 and 1311, featuring the Virgin and Child on the front main panel, life-of-the-Virgin scenes, and Passion of Christ scenes on the back.

The Peaceful City (The Vision of Peace)

A fresco painted by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in 1338–39 in the Sala della Pace of the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, depicting civic prosperity, architectural views, and surrounding personifications.

Greco-Roman Horses of San Marco

Gilded bronze horses brought to Venice from Constantinople in 1204 following the Fourth Crusade and installed on the façade of San Marco.

Translation of the Relics of St. Mark

A c. 1270 mosaic commissioned by the Procurators of St. Mark's for the left portal of San Marco, Venice, illustrating the church's structure prior to 14th-century Gothic additions.

Pala d'Oro

A gold and enamel altarpiece screen in San Marco, Venice, restored and embellished in 1345 under Doge Andrea Dandolo.

Pala Feriale

A painted wooden cover created in 1345 by Paolo Veneziano, commissioned by Doge Andrea Dandolo to protect the Pala d'Oro at St. Mark's.

San Marco Baptistery Mosaics

A mosaic series commissioned between 1342 and 1354 by Doge Andrea Dandolo for his chosen burial chapel, featuring narrative scenes like the 'Mission of the Apostles' and the 'Baptism of Christ'.

Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale), Venice

The civic center of Venice built between 1340 and 1438 (extension toward St. Mark's begun 1424), commissioned by the Venetian government and adorned with famous exterior corner sculptures.

Porta della Carta

The ceremonial entrance to the Doge's Palace created 1438–42 by Giovanni and Bartolomeo Bon in marble and Istrian stone, portraying Doge Francesco Foscari kneeling before the Lion of Saint Mark.

Coronation of the Virgin (Guariento)

A large 1365 fresco commissioned by the Venetian government from Guariento di Arpo for the Great Council Hall of the Doge's Palace.

Enthroned Justice Flanked by St. Michael the Archangel and the Angel Gabriel

A 1421 panel painting by Jacobello del Fiore commissioned by the Magistrato del Proprio for their offices in the Doge's Palace.

Santi Giovanni e Paolo (San Zanipolo)

A major Dominican church in Venice begun c. 1333, serving as a burial place for doges and holding prominent altarpieces.

Saint Vincent Ferrer Polyptych

A multi-paneled altarpiece executed between 1464 and 1468 by Giovanni Bellini for the Dominican church of San Zanipolo in Venice.

Ca' d'Oro (Palazzo Contarini)

A Venetian Gothic palace on the Grand Canal built 1421–40 by Giovanni and Bartolomeo Bon, Matteo Raverti, and other artisans.

Church of Saint Theodore (Venice)

An early Venetian church dedicated to Saint Theodore (the Byzantine saint equivalent to Saint George) that existed prior to the construction of the chapel of Saint Mark in the 9th century.