View all 13th- and 14th-Century Italian paintings. During the 1200s a new format for painting—the altarpiece—appeared in Italian churches. Previously, fresco and mosaic decoration were predominant, and Western artists did not often paint on wooden panels.

The decade of the 1300s in art involved some significant events. 1303: Scrovegni Chapel begun in 1300, is completed. Giotto begins painting a fresco cycle there with scenes from the Old and New Testaments.

Sculptures, glass windows, aquamaniles, and plaques are a few examples of what you will find here. The purpose of this exhibit is to give a glimpse of what the medieval artwork looked like during...

Many of the Gallery’s early Italian paintings were originally parts of altarpieces, a form that first appeared in Italy in the thirteenth century as new attention was focused on the altar by changes in the liturgy, church architecture, and the display of relics.

Dec 17, 2020 · The Romanesque Period (1000 – 1300): Sharing Information Through Art; The Gothic Era (1100 – 1500): Freedom and Fear Unite; The Renaissance Era (1420 – 1520): The Revival of Humanism; Mannerism (1520 – 1600): A Window into the Future of Kitsch; The Baroque Era (1590 – 1760): The Glorification of Power and the Deception of the Eye

The online catalog of the National Gallery of Art’s collection of Italian thirteenth- and fourteenth-century paintings

Mar 8, 2025 · It’s the beginning of the 14th century in central Italy. A golden moment for art, a catalyst of change. Artists Duccio, Simone Martini and the brothers Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti are forging a new way of painting. They paint with a drama that no one has seen before. Faces show emotion. Bodies move in space.

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350 examines an exceptional moment at the dawn of the Italian Renaissance and the pivotal role of Sienese artists—including Duccio, Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti, and Simone Martini—in defining Western painting.

Early Renaissance artists were interested in depicting the observable world and the art of ancient Greece and Rome. Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Titian — no wonder this period is often called the "High" Renaissance. A new visual realism, down to the finest details, characterizes the art of the Northern Renaissance.

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