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1400: Bernardo Martorell – Spanish painter, working in a late gothic style (died 1452) 1400: Luca della Robbia – Italian sculptor from Florence, noted for his terracotta roundels (died 1482) 1400: Filarete – Florentine Renaissance architect, sculptor and architectural theorist (died 1469)
Single folio from the Codex Parisino-petropolitanus, one of the earliest surviving Qurans, probably Mecca or Medina, 7th or 8th century AD. The collection of complete Qurans and individual folios includes 98 from before 1000 AD, [20] 56 from 1000 to 1400, [21] 60 from 1400 to 1600, [22] and more than 150 from after 1600. [23]
Filippo Lippi, Adoration in the Forest, by 1459 Cimabue, Madonna of Santa Trinita, c. 1285, once in the church of Santa Trinita, now in the Uffizi Gallery. Florentine painting or the Florentine school refers to artists in, from, or influenced by the naturalistic style developed in Florence in the 14th century, largely through the efforts of Giotto di Bondone, and in the 15th century the ...
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist: 1490–1500: Tempera on panel: diameter 74 cm: São Paulo Museum of Art: Holy Trinity: 1491–1493: Tempera on panel: 215 × 192 cm: London, Courtauld Institute of Art: Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist: 1491–1493: Tempera on panel: 47.65 × 38.1 cm ...
The Marajoara or Marajó culture was an ancient pre-Columbian era culture that flourished on Marajó island at the mouth of the Amazon River in northern Brazil.In a survey, Charles C. Mann suggests the culture appeared to flourish between 800 AD and 1400 AD, based on archeological studies. [1]
The royal arts of the Benin Kingdom of southern region Nigeria affirm the centrality of the Oba, or divine king, portraying his divine nature. While recording the kingdom's significant historical events and the Oba's involvement with them, they also initiate the Oba's interactions with the supernatural and honor his deified ancestors, forging a continuity that is vital to the kingdom's well-being.
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The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was the founding figure of the High Renaissance, and exhibited enormous influence on subsequent artists.Only around eight major works—The Adoration of the Magi, Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, the Louvre Virgin of the Rocks, The Last Supper, the ceiling of the Sala delle Asse, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist ...