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This site presents some of the best-known and most important works of art from the Italian Renaissance period. It is intended to serve students, art lovers, and the general public and provide answers to many fundamental questions about the beloved works from this era. Take a look at some of the featured articles on ItalianRenaissance.org: |
In the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence is one of the best examples of the early Renaissance scientific approach to creating the convincing illusion of space within a painting. It is here, on one of the walls inside the church, that Masaccio painted his fresco of the Holy …
Rome is a city like no other, though its status by the time of the fourteenth century was only a shell of its ancient self. The population of early imperial Rome likely reached one million inhabitants, though perhaps it was as high as two million. However, in the late years …
There are many highly interesting periods of history to learn about, but one of the most fascinating is that which covers the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy. The level of artistic and architectural production during this time is astounding, so much so that centuries later works produced during the …
Florence was the birthplace of the Renaissance and an early hub of artistic and architectural activity in the fifteenth century.