Quattrocento Italian Art

William V. Ganis, PhD

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Gates of Paradise

Baptistery, Florence Cathedral

1425-1452gilded bronze reliefapproximately 17 ft. high

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Gates of Paradise

Isaac and His Sons

Baptistery, Florence Cathedral

1425-1452gilded bronze reliefpanel approximately 2 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 7 1/2 in.

Donatello

Saint George

ca. 1415-1417marble6 ft. 10 in. high

Masaccio

Tribute Money

Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy

ca. 1427fresco8 ft. 1 in. x 19 ft. 7 in.

Masaccio

Holy Trinity

Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy

ca. 1428fresco21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.

Filippo Brunelleschi

dome of Florence Cathedral

Florence, Italy

1420-1436

Filippo Brunelleschi

interior of Santo Spirito

Florence, Italy

begun ca. 1436

Filippo Brunelleschi (loggia by Giuliano da Maiano)

Pazzi, Chapel, Santa Croce

Florence, Italy

begun ca. 1440

Paolo Uccello

Battle of San Romano

ca. 1455tempera on woodapproximately 6 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.

Donatello

David

ca. 1428-1432bronze5 ft. 2 1/4 in. high

Domenico Ghirlandaio

Giovanna Tornabuoni

1448oil and tempera on woodapproximately 2 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 8 in.

Andrea del Verrocchio

Bartolommeo Colleoni

Campo dei Santi, Venice Italy

ca. 1483-1488bronzeapproximately 13 ft. high

Leon Battista Alberti

West façade of Santa Maria Novella

Florence, Italy

ca. 1458-1470

Andrea Mantegna

Camera degli Sposi ceiling

Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy

1474fresco8 ft. 9 in. diameter

Andrea Mantegna

Dead Christ

ca. 1501tempera on canvas2 ft. 2 3/4 in. x 2 ft. 7 7/8 in.