A Guide to Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture

The Trecento

Giotto.  Mary and the Dead Christ.  Detail, Arena Chapel,
Padua, circa 1305.

INDEX for Trecento Art and Architecture

Sources for the Trecento

Some documentary sources for the Trecento

• The Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe Everything you will ever want to know about the plague of 1348.
• The Decameron Web Not just Boccaccio's 100 tales, but other pages devoted to history, society, arts, and more.

Art historical background for the Trecento

• Italian Romanesque Sculpture
• Medieval Art in Pisa Includes Quick-Time movies from the Leaning Tower. Now you don't have to climb those awful stairs!
• The Museum of San Matteo, Pisa Specializing in sculpture and painting of the twelfth to fifteenth centuries.
• A Gothic Itinerary for Italy

Sculpture

 
Andrea Pisano.  The Painter.  1337-1343.  Formerly,
Campanile, Duomo; now Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.

Florence and Tuscany

Nicola Pisano (active circa 1250-1278)

• Giorgio Vasari's Life of Nicola Pisano
• A selection of his sculpture.
• Another selection of his sculpture.
• Full view of the Pulpit in the Baptistery of Pisa.
• Pulpit in the Baptistery of Pisa 1259-1260.
• Full view of the Pulpit inside the Cathedral of Siena.
• The Fontana Maggiore Web Cam in Perugia Remember, they are six hours ahead of us on the East Coast. See also Giovanni Pisano site below for some other views of the Fontana Maggiore.

Giovanni Pisano (circa 1250-1314)

• Giorgio Vasari's Life of Giovanni Pisano
• A selection of his sculpture
• A selection of his sculpture
• The Pulpits from Pisa and Pistoia

Arnolfo di Cambio (ca. 1240-1302)

• A selection of his sculptures
• Ciboriumin Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome.
• Ciborium San Paolo Fuori le Mura, Rome.
• St. Peter St Peter's Basilica, Rome.
• Virgin of the Nativity from Santa Reparata Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.

Agostino di Giovanni

• Details of his tomb for Bishop Tarlati in Arezzo and for Cino di Pistoia in Pistoia

Andrea Orcagna (1308-1368)

See also Painting.

• Tabernacle, Orsanmichele, Florence 1359.
• Dormition of the Virgin From the tabernacle at Orsanmichele.

Tino da Camaino, circa 1285-1337

• A short biography
• A selection of his sculpture in Florence

Andrea Pisano (active 1290-1349)

• Giorgio Vasari's Life of Andrea Pisano
• Several of his sculptures now in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence
• A selection of his sculptures
• The Thais collection of his sculpture

Nino Pisano (active circa 1349-1368)

• A selection of his sculpture
• Tomb Monument to Doge Marco Cornaro, Ss Giovanni e Paolo, Venice Some sculptures by Nino Pisano. About 1368.
• A selection of his sculpture
• A short biography

Siena and Orvieto

Lorenzo Maitani (circa 1255-1330)

• Lorenzo Maitani and precursors. Sculpture from the facade of the Duomo of Orvieto
• Lorenzo Maitani Details from the Cathedral of Orvieto. 1310-1330.
• Lorenzo Maitani Temptation of Adam and Eve, Cathedral of Orvieto.

Jacopo della Quercia (active 1367-1438)

• Giorgio Vasari's Life of Jacopo della Quercia
• Jacopo della Quercia A short biography from the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911.
• The Sculpture of Jacopo della Quercia Huge site from the Web Gallery of Art.
• Siena Baptistery Font. Begun 1417. General view.

Rome and area

• Tomb of Pope Clement IV, San Francesco, Viterbo Circa 1271.

Venice

• Sculpture from the Doges Palace, Venice
• Doges Palace: Adam and Eve

Verona

• Sculpture from San Zeno Twelfth century.
• Giovanni da Campione Tomb of Cangrande della Scala, Santa Maria Antica, Verona, circa 1333.
• Bonino da Campione Images of his monuments to Bernabo Visconti in Milan at the Castello Sforzesco (1363-1385) and to Cansignorio della Scala, Santa Maria Antica, Verona (1374).
• Verona of the Scaligers Some historical background and images.
• Impressive view of the Scala tombs near Santa Maria Antica, Verona

Naples

• Monument to Robert of Anjou, King of Sicily Santa Chiara, 1343-1345.

Milan and other locations

• Giovanni da Balduccio Shrine of St. Peter Martyr, San Eustorgio, Milan, 1335-1339.
• Jacobello dalle MasegneHis altarpiece for Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, and a detail from the tomb of Giovanni da Legnano, San Domenico, Bologna (1383-1386).

Painting

Sorted first by location, and then by named artist.

Florence and Tuscany

Cimabue (1240-1302)

• Vasari's Life of Cimabue
• Frescoes in the Upper Church at Assisi
• Crucifixes at San Domenico, Arezzo, and the Museo dell'Opera, Santa Croce, Florence
• The Santa Trinita Enthroned Madonna and Child and another in the Louvre.
• Mosaic: St. John the Evangelist from the Duomo of Pisa.

Giotto (1267-1337)

The Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, Padua

• Vasari's Life of Giotto
• The Art of Giotto From the Web Gallery of Art.
• Giotto and the Arena Chapel Reproductions of the entire series.
• Views, maps, and details with links to the stories and other views of the Chapel.
• Arena Chapel: The Flight into Egypt
• Giotto in the WebMuseum

Other Paintings by Giotto

• The Bardi and Peruzzi Chapels
• Ognissanti Madonna and other Paintings
• Giotto's Crucifixes

Painting in the Upper and Lower Church at Assisi

• Some details

Taddeo Gaddi (d. 1366)

• The Annunciation to the Shepherds and other paintings and a stained glass windown from the Baroncelli Chapel, Santa Croce.
• Adoration of the Magi Now Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence>

Bernardo Daddi

• Madonna and Child Tabernacle by Andrea Orcagna, Orsanmichele, Florence.
• The Crucifixion Circa 1335. NGA, Washington, D.C.
• Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels 1330s. NGA, Washington, D.C.
• Saint Paul 1333. NGA, Washington, D.C.

Giovanni da Milano (active 1350-1369)

• The Magdalen at the feet of Christ Florence, Santa Croce (NB: a Lombard artist)
• The Birth of the Virgin 1365; Rinuccini Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence.

Andrea Orcagna

• Strozzi Altarpiece Cappella Strozzi, Santa Maria Novella, Florence. 1354-1357.
• Saint Matthew with scenes from his life Uffizi, Florence. Circa 1367.
• Madonna and Child with Angels Before 1370. With Jacopo di Cione. NGA, Washington, D.C.

Siena

Guido da Siena (active circa 1250)

• Madonna and Child Circa 1280. Palazzo Pubblico, Siena.

Duccio

• Vasari's Life of Duccio
• 'Siena for Duccio' a site in both English and Italian.
• Christ Cures the Blind Man Detail from the Maesta altarpiece, now in the National Gallery, London.
• The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew From the back of the Maesta altarpiece, 1308/1311. NGA, Washington, D.C.
• The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel From the front predella of the Maesta altarpiece. NGA, Washington, D.C.
• Madonna and Child by a Follower of Duccio NGA, Washington, D.C.

Simone Martini (circa 1280-1344)

• The Uffizi Annunciation, title page for Petrarch's Vergil and other paintings.
• Frescoes and Paintings in Siena.
• Frescoes in Assisi

Segna di Bonaventura (d. circa 1331)

• St. Mary Magdalen From the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
• Madonna and Child by Segna di Bonaventura About 1320/1330. From the North Carolina Museum of Art.

The Lorenzetti: Ambrogio and Pietro, both d. 1348

• Vasari's Life of Ambrogio Lorenzetti
• Ambrogio: Paintings and frescoes att. to him
• Ambrogio Lorenzetti: A Townscape Circa 1325. Pinacoteca, Siena.
• Ambrogio Lorenzetti: Allegory of Good Government 1338-1339. Detail.
• Good Government in the Country: Detail
• Pietro Lorenzetti
• Pietro: Paintings and frescoes att. to him
• Pietro Lorenzetti: Madonna and Child Enthroned Siena, Pinacoteca.

Barna da Siena (mid-14th century

• Vasari's Life of Barna da Siena
• Barna da Siena From the Web Gallery of Art.

Rome

• Pietro Cavallini From the WebMuseum.
• Last Judment frescoes in Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, and mosaics in Santa Maria in Trastevere.

Venice and the Veneto

Paolo Veneziano (d. circa 1360)

• Some paintings

Giusto Dei Menabuoi (fl. ca. 1350)

• St. Peter and St. Andrew Padua, the Baptistery.

Altichiero (circa 1330-circa 1390)

• Short biography from the WebMuseum.
• The Death of St. Lucy and the Beheading of St. George From the Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua, 1379-1384.
• The Crucifixion from the Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua Circa. 1350.
• Crucifixion: Detail From the Basilica of St. Anthony.

Architecture

General Sites for Italian Gothic architecture

• Italian Urbanism Images of Trecento architecture from Tuscany and Venice.
• Italian Gothic and the Mendicant Orders

Sorted by location, with religous architecture placed first within each group.

Assisi and Umbria

• On Assisi and St. Francis
• Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites A UNESCO site.
• San Francesco,Assisi Some striking photos from a talented Japanese photographer.
• Homage to Assisi after the earthquake "Views of the city, San Francesco, and Santa Clara [sic]"
• Frescoes in the Lower Church by Simone Martini
• Frescoes in the Upper Church by Cimabue

Florence

• The religous art of Florence A large section on architecture.
• Baptistery Eleventh century.
• Another view of the Baptistery
• San Miniato al Monte Early eleventh century. Exterior and interior.
• San Miniato al Monte Several details of the exterior and a link to another site.
• Santa Maria Novella Begun before 1246; facade by Alberti dates to 1470.
• Frescoes in the Strozzi Chapel, S. Maria Novella, Florence By Filippino Lippi; completed in 1502.
• Santa Croce Begun 1294/1295. Arnolfo di Cambio. View of the facade (19th century).
• Santa Croce The nave.
• Santa Croce The east end.
• Duomo (Cathedral) Begun 1294 by Arnolfo di Cambio. Exterior.
• The Duomo Two exterior views.
• Duomo: a collection of photos.
• Statues for the Florence Cathedral.
• Ponte Vecchio Mid-fourteenth century.
• Palazzo Vecchio 1299-1310.
• Palazzo Davanzati Mid-fourteenth century. Exterior.
• Palazzo Davanzati Mid-fourteenth century. Interior.

Orvieto

• The history of the Duomo Teeny photos, but a good representation of the art of the Duomo.
• Cathedral 1290-1330. Lorenzo Maitani. Facade and south flank.
• Cathedral Detail of sculpture of Inferno from the facade.
• Cathedral The nave.

Padua

• On the history of the Basilica

Pisa

• Pisa Several handsome photos of the Cathedral, the Camposanto, and the sculpture. Text in English.
• The Pisa Cathedral Complex
• Camposanto and interior of the Duomo
• Pisa Looking towards the Church complex.
• Pisa Piazza dei Miracoli.
• View of the Cathedral Complex from above
• Pisa Baptistery A model you can "open">
• Pisa Baptistery Inside.
• Pisa Batistery and a detail of the upper arcade.
• Pisa Cathedral Inside.
• Pisa Inside the Camposanto.
• Pisa Views of the Triumph of Death. Take a visual spin around the Camposanto!
• The Camposanto Giovanni Pisano, circa 1280. Detail.

Pistoia

• The Baptistery of San Giovanni in Corte Mid-fourteenth century; sometimes given to Giovanni Pisano.

Siena

• Palazzo Pubblico
• Cathedral Lower level by Giovanni Pisano: 1249-1320; upper level 1369-1377.
• The Cathedral of Siena View from the north.
• Cathedral facade, detail
• The Pulpit by Nicola Pisano.
• The unfinished nave

Venice

• Basilica of San Marco Begun ninth century; rebuilt 1063-1094 and later.
• San Marco: Main Portal Mosaic is nineteenth century.
• San Marco: Interior looking east
• Ss Giovanni e Paolo. View from the west Building 1333-1390; facade 1430.
• Ss Giovanni e Paolo Main facade.
• Ss Giovanni e Paolo: Main Portal
• Ss Giovanni e Paolo. Interior. Begun 1260.
• Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari 1330-1417.
• Doge's Palace Circa 1340-1404; enlarged from 1424.
• Doge's Palace Another view.
• Ca d'Oro Exterior. Begun 1421.
• Ca d'Oro Detail of exterior.

Verona

• San Zeno. Facade Eight to thirteenth centuries.
• San Zeno Maggiore. Interior
• San Zeno Maggiore: the Cloisters