Leonardo

The Last Supper

High Italian Renaissance

linear perspective; order, symmetry, balance; 4 sets of 3; human drama

Leonardo

Mona Lisa

High Italian Renaissance

atmospheric perspective; sfumato; smokey haze, blurred lines

Raphael

The Small Cowper Madonna

High Italian Renaissance

clear, crisp, bright; worked quickly; slight pyramid composition

Raphael

The School of Athens

High Italian Renaissance

private papal apartments (Stanza della Segnatura); Plato and Aristotle; Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael

Michelangelo

David

High Italian Renaissance

complex emotions, human elements; large hands; male nude

Michelangelo

Sistine Chapel

High Italian Renaissance

nine compartments of Old Testament scenes; fresco of architectural framework

Michelangelo

The Creation of Adam

High Italian Renaissance

Titian

Pastoral Concert

High Italian Renaissance

relaxing outdoors; attention to landscape; meeting of unlikely characters; complex physical poses

Titian

Venus of Urbino

High Italian Renaissance

reclining female nude; possibly courtesan; servants, wedding chest; dog = fidelity

Tintoretto

The Last Supper

Late Italian Renaissance

intensity and drama; diagonal composition; divine halo

Sofonisba Anguissola

The Chess Game

Late Italian Renaissance

women artists start being identified; conversation piece - slice of life

Grunewald

Isenheim Altarpiece

High Northern Renaissance

intense spirtual qualities; melodrama; lepers

Durer

Self-Portrait

High Northern Renaissance

reason, science, observation; pyramid form

Bosch

Garden of Earthly Delights, Creation, and The Damned

High Northern Renaissance

anomaly in art history

Breugel the Elder

Hunters in the Snow

High Northern Renaissance

row of trees lead eye in; natural world

Caterina van Hemessen

Self-Portrait

High Northern Renaissance

more portraiture; shows artist at work, takes work seriously