Renaissance And Reformation: Art And Architecture Of The Baroque

Renaissance and Reformation

Art and Architecture of the Baroque

Plans for St Peter’s Basilica, Rome. Bramante (1506), Michelangelo (1546), Moderna (1605). (Architectour)

Donato Bramante (1444-1514), Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, 1508. (Mary Ann Sullivan)

Michelangelo, Piazza Campidoglio, Rome. Designed 1538. (Web Gallery of Art)

Bernini (1598-1680), Piazza of St Peter, 1657 (designed) Rome

Bernini (1598-1680), Chair of St Peter, 1657-66 Rome, St Peter’s Basilica

Bernini (1598-1680), Ecstasy of St Theresa, 1645-52 Rome, Santa Maria della Vittoria

Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), Villa Rotonda, Vicenza, 1550s. © Mary Ann Sullivan

Château de Chambord, 1519-50, from the northwest (Wikipedia)

Juan de Herrera, El Escorial (begun by Juan Bautista de Toledo). 1562-1584 © 2001 Mary Ann Sullivan

Il Gesù, Rome. Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (plan, interior), 1568-84; Giacomo della Porta (façade), 1875-78. Laura Weigert, Davis

Borromini (1599-1667), San Carlo, 1638-41 Rome

Michelangelo, Doni Tondo: The Holy Family with St. John the Baptist, 1504-6. Oil on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. (Olga’s Gallery)

Caravaggio (15711610), The Calling of Matthew, 15991600. Rome, San Luigi dei Francesi

Rubens (1577-1640), Apotheosis of the Duke of Buckingham, 1625-28 London, National Gallery

Michelangelo (1475-1564), Moses from the tomb of Julius II, San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, 1513-16. Night and Day from the Medici Chapel, Florence, 1524-26. ARC

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Ceiling, 1508-12, Last Judgment, 1534-41. (Olga’s Gallery)

Michelangelo, Creation of Adam (inset: before restoration), 1508-12. Sistine Chapel, Vatican. (Olga’s Gallery)

Michelangelo, Pietá, 1550-56. Rome, Vatican. Artchive

Raphael (1483-1520), The School of Athens, 1509. Vatican, Stanza della Segnatura. (Olga’s Gallery)

Raphael (1483-1520), Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi, ca 1518. Florence, Uffizi Gallery. (Wikipedia)

Raphael, Portrait of Julius II. Ca 1512. London, National Gallery. (Wikipedia)

Titian (1488/90-1547), Emperor Charles V at Mühlberg, 1548. Madrid, Museo del Prado. Philip II, 1554. Olga’s Gallery

Jean Clouet, Francis I. 1525-30. Paris, Louvre.

Hans Holbein the Younger, Henry VIII. 1540. Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica.

Lucas Cranach the Elder (14721553). Portrait of Martin Luther. 1525. Basel, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung. (Cranach Digital Archive) Hans Holbein, the Younger, Erasmus. 1520s. Paris, Louvre. (Wikipedia)

Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540). The Deposition, 1521, Pinacoteca Comunale di Volterra (Wikipedia); Pietà, 1537-40, Musée du Louvre, Paris (The Red List)

Tintoretto (1518-94) The Last Supper (1592-94), S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), The Last Supper (1494), Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. (Wikipedia)

Parmigianino (1503-1540). Madonna dal Collo Lungo, 1534-40. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. Web Gallery of Art

El Greco (1541-1614), Laocoön, 1610; Washington, National Gallery; The Annunciation, 1596-1600. Madrid, Museo del Prado. Webmuseum

El Greco (1541-1614), The Burial of Count Orgaz, 1586. Church of San Tomé, Toledo. Olga’s Gallery

Paolo Veronese (1528-1588), The Feast in the House of Levi (1573), Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice. (Wikipedia)

Diego Velázquez (1599-1660, Las Meninas, (1656), Museo del Prado, Madrid

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), The Horrors of War (1637-1638), Palazzo Pitti, Florence. (Wikipedia)