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c.1400: Miniaturist Jacquemart de Hesdin paints The Carrying of the Cross 1401: Commission to design bronze doors for the Florence Baptistery won by Lorenzo Ghiberti 1405: Andrei Rublev paints icons and frescoes for the Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow , the first record of his work
According to art historian William Forsyth, the "large soft folds of the Virgin's cloak around her legs and over her body clothe her with majesty befitting so august a mourner". [8] The figures are carved in high relief, which can be seen especially in the deep concave folds of the dress around Mary's legs. [8] Detail of the Virgin
Art of Ancient Egypt; Art in Ancient Greece; Asian art; Buddhist art; Confucian art; Coptic art; Hindu art; Indian art; Islamic art; Naive Art; Pre-Columbian art; Pre-historic art; Roman art; Visigothic art; Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas; Transgressive art; Outsider art
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, lithograph by Henri-Joseph Hesse. This is a list of compositions by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, sorted by genre.The volume (given in parentheses for motets) refers to the volume of the Breitkopf & Härtel complete edition in which the work can be found.
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.
Renaissance art (1350 – 1620 [1]) is the painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the period of European history known as the Renaissance, which emerged as a distinct style in Italy in about AD 1400, in parallel with developments which occurred in philosophy, literature, music, science, and technology. [2]
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 ...
While the term "Gothic" in art history covers the 12th to 15th centuries, Gothic plate armour develops only during 1420–1440s, when the technological development of armour reached the stage where full plate armour (including movable joints) was made, and national styles of "white armour" began to emerge, specifically German ("Gothic") and Italian (Milanese).