A Guide to Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture
The Cinquecento
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Michelangelo
Mannerism
Venice
Academic Courses on Cinquecento Art History
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Leonardo da Vinci
General Sites
- Vasari's Life of Leonardo da Vinci
- Leonardo A biography and many reproductions of his drawings and paintings.
- Leonardo da Vinci: Scientist, Inventor, Artist From the Museum of Science, Boston. Movies, multimedia sites, biography, more.
- Exploring Leonardo "A resource for teachers and students developed by the Museum of Science, Boston for the Science Learning Network."
- Leonardo at the Museo della Scienza, Milan In English.
- Leonardo da Vinci An overview of his life and creations from the WebMuseum, Paris.
- Leonardo's Manuscripts Part of the Museo della Scienza site, this is a history of the drawings--gathered together after his death into several manuscripts--and outlines their contents and modern locations.
Leonardo's Inventions
- The Leonardo Da Vinci Museum In Vinci.
- Leonardo Emphasis on his inventions. Part of a site devoted to cars, ships, planes, and trains.
- Leonardo da Vinci A site from UC Berkeley evaluating his studies as a paleontologist and evolutionary biologist.
- The Codex Leicester As seen at the American Museum of Natural History.
- An assault chariot (primitive tank)
The Drawings of Leonardo
- The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci Excellent collection, but a very big site.
- Leonardo da Vinci: Master Draftsman The online version of an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2003.
- A sheet of studies About 1470/1480. At the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- Leonardo's Cartoon for the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist At the National Gallery of Art, London.
Leonardo's Paintings
- The major paintings
- Ginevra de'Benci About 1474. At the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- The Lady with the Ermine (Cecilia Gallerani?) Circa 1490. Krakow, Czartoryski Muzeum.
- The Virgin of the Rocks From the National Gallery of Art, London.
- Why is Mona Lisa Smiling? If you find out, let me know.
Raphael
General Sources for Raphael
- Vasari's Life of Raphael With those of Pietro Perugino and Pinturicchio.
- Paintings, drawings, frescoes.
- A collection of his paintings
- Another collection, mostly of early paintings
Specific Paintings by Raphael
- St. George and the Dragon 1504. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
- The Niccolini-Cowper Madonna 1508. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
- The Alba Madonna Circa 1510. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- Portrait of Bindo Altoviti Circa 1515. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Drawings by Raphael
- Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist 1507. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
- A Marble Horse on the Quirinal Hill 1513/1514. Recto. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Michelangelo
General Sources for Michelangelo
- Vasari's Life of Michelangelo
- Michelangelo's Life and Works. From Michelangelo.com.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti A collection of links from OCAIW.
- His monument in Santa Croce, Florence From Find-a-Grave.
- On Michelangelo The WebMuseum.
- Michelangelo and his art Smallish but good collection from Olga's Gallery.
- A large collection of his drawings, paintings, sculpture, and frescoes See also below.
- Large biographyand images of painting, sculpture and architecture.
- Another Michelangelo site
- The Casa Buonarroti, Florence Now a museum of Michelangelo's drawings and early sculptures.
- An online exhibition of a 1623 edition of Michelangelo's poetry Duke University.
- Michelangelo and His World by Joachim Poeschke A review from the Standard-Times, Massachusetts.
Michelangelo as a Painter
- Michelangelo and the Florentine School Room From the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
- Another site, chiefly of the painting of Michelangelo
- Some of his paintings
Michelangelo's Drawings
- Michelangelo and His Influence: Drawings from Windsor Castle. An exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum.
- Some drawings and some details from the Sistine Ceiling. From World Cultures.
Michelangelo as a Sculptor
- Some Sculpture Thais.
- Where the marble came from: a site devoted to photographs of the marble mountains of Carrara.
- On the Cupid from the French Cultural Institute in New York City.
- Sculpture Kitsch Plastic David; plastic Pieta; all sizes. Various bits available separately.
Michelangelo as Architect
- The Laurentian Library Church of San Lorenzo, Florence, 1525 ca.
- Quicktime movie of the crossing of St. Peter's
Individual Sculptures, Painting, and other Projects
David
- Views of the David
- face of David
- David From Corbis.
Tondo Doni
- Circa 1507. Reproduction from ExhibArt. Click on any part for an enlarged detail.
- Another interactive site From James Madison University.
Tomb of Julius II
- The Tomb of Pope Julius II Drawings, plans, sculptures. Thank you Columbia University!
- The Julius Tomb as completed Good-quality image from Olga's Gallery.
- The various sculptural remains
Sistine Ceiling
The New Sacristy (Medici Chapel)
The Last Judgement
Michelangelo as architect in Rome
- An aerial view of Capitoline Hill
Academic Courses on the Cinquecento
- Michelangelo Taught by Dr M Davie at Exeter University, UK.