ICONIC ARTWORKS FROM RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE PERIODS
Cards (9)
- This exquisite work of art by Michelangelo features the body of Jesus placed on the lap of the Virgin Mary after the savior's crucifixion.
- This piece by Leonardo da Vinci features a portrait of a seated woman set in an imaginary landscape.
- The subject of the Mona Lisa. She is also the wife of cloth and silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo.
- This artwork is composed by Raphael. It is commissioned by Pope Julius II to decorate the Stanza della Segnatura, which is a library of the present age. The center of the image reveals to be Plato and Aristotle arguing about forms versus ideas, according to a widely shared interpretation of their respective philosophical systems.
- It depicts the Biblical hero David sculpted from Bronze. Sculpted by Donatello around 1440s and was commissioned by Cosimo de Medici, a wealthy merchant from the powerful Medici family in Florence. It is known for its representation of the nude and for the static balance of the composition.
- This was painted during Caravaggio's 1995 journey with his first patron, Cardinal del Monte, and represents Caravaggio's interpretation of naturalism.
- This is a mystic piece, painted in Rembrandt's later years of life and one of his many self-portraits.
- A symbol of love for Peter Paul Reuben's second wife, the young and beautiful Helena Fourment. The painting depicts a scene of flirtation in an utopian garden filled with Renaissance elements.
- It was strongly criticized by the Catholic Church. This painting is the only surviving piece of Diego Velasquez that presents nudity.