MidTerm Specifics

Duomo (Cathedral) of Siena

dome complete by 1264

lower half of the façade completed by Giovanni Pisano 1285-1296;

nave vaults raised late 14th century

Duomo di Siena, interior, nave completed up to the level of the balustrade by the end of the thirteenth century

raised to current level around 1376

Nicola Pisano, Pulpit, Pisa Baptistery, 1260

Nicola Pisano (with Giovanni), Siena Cathedral Pulpit,

1265-68

Nicola Pisano (with Giovanni), Massacre of the Innocents, Siena Cathedral Pulpit, 1265-68

Nicola Pisano (with Giovanni), Seven Liberal Arts (detail of Grammar), Siena Cathedral Pulpit, 1265-68

Duccio, Maestà, front main panel of altarpiece for Siena Duomo, 1308-1311

Duccio, Maesta,Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin, from scenes from the end of the life of the Virgin on panels over front side, 1308-1311

Duccio, Maestà, back panel of altarpiece for Siena Duomo containing scenes from the Passion of Christ, 1308-1311

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, The Peaceful City (The Vision of Peace), Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, 1338-1339

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, detail of twin sons of Remus with She-Wolf, from the Vision of Peace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, 1338-39

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Detail of Venus with Taurus, from border of the planets and seasons over the Vision of Peace, Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, 1338-39

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Astrology, and Philosophy, from the border of the Liberal Arts below the Vision of Peace, Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, 1338-39

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Tyranny, Rancor , Division & War , from the Wartorn City, Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, 1338-1339

Translation of the Relics of St. Mark, c. 1270, commissioned by the Procurators of St. Mark’s for the left portal of San Marco, Venice, Mosaic, depicts San Marco prior to fourteenth-century Gothic embellishments

Pala d’Oro, 1345, restored and embellished by Doge Andrea Dandolo for St. Mark’s, Venice, Gold and enamel

Pala Feriale (cover for the Pala D’Oro), 1345, commissioned by Doge Andrea Dandolo from Paolo Veneziano, St. Mark’s, Venice

Pala Feriale (cover for the Pala D’Oro), 1345, commissioned by Doge Andrea Dandolo from Paolo Veneziano, St. Mark’s, Venice

Details of: Saint Mark Appears to Calm the Waters Carrying His Relics to Venice, and The Rediscovery of the Relics of Saint Mark

Baptistery, San Marco, Venice, mosaics and tomb commissioned by Doge Andrea Dandolo, 1342-1354

Mission of the Apostles, (baptizing and preaching), Cupola mosaic from San Marco Baptistery, mosaics commissioned by Doge Andrea Dandolo when he chose it as his burial site, 1342-1354

Baptism of Christ, side wall mosaic from San Marco Baptistery, mosaics commissioned by Doge Andrea Dandolo when he chose it as his burial site, 1342-54

San Marco, Venice, 11th century

·1384 additions of tabernacles and Gothic peaks of marble fronds above tympana continuing into 1420s

San Marco, 1419 raised domes to their current parachute-like shape

Piazza San Marco and Piazzetta, ceremonial gateway to Venice, with Doge’s Palace at right, 1340-1438 (extension toward St. Mark’s begun 1424), commissioned by the Venetian government

Giovanni and Bartolomeo Bon, Porta della Carta, Doge’s Palace, Venice, 1438-1442. Red and white marble and Istrian stone

Coronation of the Virgin, 1365, commissioned by the Venetian government from Guariento di Arpo for the Great Council Hall of the Doge’s Palace, Venice. Fresco

(San Zanipolo), Venice, begun c. 1333, commissioned by the Dominicans

Detail of plan of San Zanipolo (Dominican church) showing original location of four altars: Saint Peter Martyr, Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Vincent Ferrer, Saint Augustine

Gentile Bellini, Procession with the Relic of the True Cross 1496. Commissioned for the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista, in the Accademia, Venice

Giovanni Bellini, San Giobbe Altarpiece, before 1478, Accademia, Venice, Oil on panel. Commissioned by the Confraternity of St. Job for San Giobbe, Venice

Giorgione, The Tempest, oil on canvas, Accademia, Venice

Antonio Vivarini and Giovanni d’Allemagna, Virgin and Child with Saints, 1446. Oil on canvas, Galleria dell’Accademia, Venice

Giovanni and Bartolomeo Bon, Matteo Raverti, and others, Ca d’Oro (Palazzo Contarini), Venice, 1421-1440