Early Renaissance Paintings & Artworks

Early Renaissance Art marks the emergence of Italian art from the relative anonymity of the Middle Ages, where painters and sculptors were seen more as craftsmen and artisans than artists. The early Renaissance came to root primarily in Florence, where the Proto-Renaissance (or "Gothic") painters Cimabue (1240-1302) and Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) in Florence, and Simone Martini (1284-1333) in Sienna, had laid the ground for the flowering that was to follow. Painters who followed after them included Masolino da Panicali (1383-1447), the sculptor Donatello (1386-1466), Fra Angelico (1395-1455), Pisanello (1395-1455), Paolo Uccello (1397-1475), Masaccio (1401-1428), Fra Filippo Lippi (1406-1469), Piero della Francesca (1412-1492), Benozzo Gozzoli (1421-1497), Andrea Mantegna (1421-1497), Giovanni Bellini (1430-1556), Andrea del Verrocchio (1430-1556), Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510), Pietro Perugino (1446-1524), Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494), and Filippino Lippi (1457-1504). Verrocchio was the teacher of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) and one of Ghirlandaio's apprentices was Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), forming direct links to the High Renaissance in Italy. A common theme in Early Rennaissance painting is a contining growth in perspectivism and realism, as well as the increasing inclusion of classical and mythological subjects along side of the Biblical. Check out our Custom Framing options! Satisfaction is guaranteed.* Orders are 100% secure. Click any thumbnail to view a larger version or make a purchase.


The Flight into Egypt
by Giotto di Bondone
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Madonna and Child with Two Angels
by Fra Filippo Lippi
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The Birth of Venus, c.1485
by Sandro Botticelli
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Paolo Uccello was born as Paolo di Dono in 1397 in Florence, Italy. His nickname, "Uccello," meaning "bird," came from his frequent painting of birds in his art. He died in 1475 at the age of 78. Working in the Late Gothic style, he is noted as one of the pioneers in the use of perspective. [More...]

Piero della Francesca was born in 1412 in Sansepolcro, in the Arezzo district of Tuscany, about 75 kilometres southeast of Florence. He died in 1492 on the same day that Columbus discovered America. He apprenticed with Domenico Veneziano (1410-1461) in Florence. Most of his work was created in the town of Arezzo. His work is known for its geometric compositions and the use of perspective. [More...]

Sandro Botticelli was born in 1445 in Florence, Italy. He died at the age of 65 in 1510. Initially trained as a goldsmith, Botticelli apprenticed to the Florentine master painter Fra Filippo Lippi. He was also influenced by Lippi's contemporary, Masaccio. In later life, Botticelli became a follower of Savonarola, with his later works featuring religious themes more frequently. He is said to have burned several of his earlier "pagan" paintings in the Bonfire of the Vanities. [More...]

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