Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, from Santa Trinità, Florence, Italy, ca. 1280-1290. Tempera and gold leaf on wood, ca. 12 ½’ x 7 ½’ (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence)

Proto/Early Renaissance Italy

Giotto, Madonna and Child Enthroned, from the Church of Ognissanti, Florence, Italy, ca. 1310. Tempera and gold leaf on wood, ca. 10 ½’ x 6 ½’ (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence)  

Proto/Early Renaissance Italy

Giotto, Lamentation, Arena Chapel, ca. 1305. Fresco, 6 ½’ x 6’

(detail from Giotto, Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni), Padua, Italy, ca. 1305)

Proto/Early Renaissance Italy

Duccio, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, principal panel of the Maestàaltarpiece, from Siena Cathedral, 1308-11. Tempera and gold leaf on wood, center panel 7’ x 13’ (Museodell’Opera del Duomo, Siena)

Proto/Early Renaissance Italy

Duccio, Betrayal of Jesus, detail from back of the Maestàaltarpiece, from Siena Cathedral, 1309-11. Tempera and gold leaf on wood, detail ca. 2’ x 3 ½’ (Museodell’Opera del Duomo, Siena)  

Proto/Early Renaissance Italy

Duccio, Betrayal of Jesus, detail from back of the Maestàaltarpiece, from Siena Cathedral, 1309-11. Tempera and gold leaf on wood, detail ca. 2’ x 3 ½’ (Museodell’Opera del Duomo, Siena)  

Proto/Early Renaissance Italy