Art History1400-1500: Renaissance

St Michael defeats the devil in Renaissance Spain

Master of Belmonte, St Michael Defeating the Devil, 1450-1500, oil and tempera on wood (The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Speakers: Dr. Lauren...

Persian carpets, a peacock, and a cucumber, understanding Crivelli’s Annunciation

Carlo Crivelli, The Annunciation with Saint Emidius, 1486, egg and oil on canvas, 207 x 146.7 cm (The National Gallery, London). A conversation...

A celebration of beauty and love: Botticelli’s Birth of Venus

Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, c. 1485, tempera on canvas, 172.5 x 278.5 cm (Uffizi Gallery, Florence) Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris source

Rogier van der Weyden, The Crucifixion, with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist Mourning

Rogier van der Weyden, The Crucifixion, with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist Mourning (companion paintings), c. 1460, oil on panel, left panel...

Masaccio, The Virgin and Child

Masaccio, The Virgin and Child (Pisa polyptych), 1426, tempera on poplar, 134.8 x 73.5 cm (The National Gallery, London) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr....

Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi

Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi, 1423, tempera on panel, 283 x 300 cm (Uffizi Gallery, Florence) Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker & Dr. Beth...

How to recognize Italian Renaissance art

A brief introduction to Italian Renaissance art Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker source

Alberti, Façade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Alberti, Façade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1470. Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. source

Rogier van der Weyden, Last Judgment

Rogier van der Weyden, Last Judgment, 1443-51, oil on panel, 215 x 560 cm (Musée de l'Hôtel Dieu, Beaune). Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and...