Allegory with Venus and Cupid, Bronzino c. 1546

allegories of pleasure, play, passion, jealousy, despair, fraud, the old man is thought to be the allegory of time. Florence. Bronzino's style was mannerist and he was influenced by Michelangelo.

Arena Chapel .Interior, Giotto, c. 1300-1305

Italian, late medieval era.

Makes the story of Christ physically and emotionally present.

Arnolfini Marraige, Eyck c.1434

Netherlandish, Northern Renaissance

Portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife. Two figures reflected in the mirror one is thought to be the painter himself. Arnolfini is raising his hand toward thim perhaps as a greeting.

David, Bernini, c.1623

Rome. Oversteps the boundaries between life and art, literally with his toes hanging over the edge of the platform. Relates to an unseen entity, Goliath, the object of David's aggression, as well as the spectator, who is caught in the middle of the conflict. It challenges the viewer to walk around the work to see it from every angle. Implies movement, which brings it to life.

David, Donatello, c. 1440s

Italian renaissance. Contraversial because he's naked except for a hat and boots. Holding the sword of Goliath.

David, Michelangelo, 1501-1504

The moment before his battle with Goliath when he decides to battle with him. Facial exression is tense as in preparing for combat. 

Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, Durer, 1526

Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus. Renaissance print, they are more available to the public. Secular asn sacred mixed up. He was good friends with Martin Luther 

Disembarkation of Marie de' Medici at Merseilles, 1623, Rubens

Allegory of france is bowing to Marie de' Medici. Allegory of posiden and water nymphs guiding the ship. She is the focus of the painting which implies patronage. Use of mythological symbols in "real life." Influenceby Caravaggio.

Doubting Thomas, Caravaggio, 1602-1603

Boroque Italy

One light source no background

Duomo exterior, Florence Cathedral, 1296-1436, Brunelleschi

Italian

Medeival gothic style

Ecstacsy of Saint Theresa, Bernini, 1647-1642

Italian boroque