Artists
The Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
This Baroque work describes the intensely spiritual and physical event of a future saint experiencing a dream of being pierced with an arrow and then being consumed by the love of God
The Ecstasy of St Teresa
David by Donatello
Bronze
This palace stands as a prime example of the over-the-top excesses of the French nobility that led to the French Revolution, built by Louis the XIV.
Palace of Versailles
This series of paintings by William Hogarth depicts the negative aspects of a marriage in the course of a time span with one couple
Marriage A-la-Mode
The Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
Rachel Ruysch produced various kinds of still life's, mainly flower pieces and woodland scenes. Inspiration came from her scientist father that studied nature
Fruit and Insects
David by Michelangelo
marble
Was created to serve as the central object of devotion in hospital built by the Brothers of St. Anthony. St. Anthony was a patron saint of those suffering from skin diseases
Isenheim Alterpiece
This self-portrait etching depicts the marriage of this famous Renaissance artist and his wife
Rembrandt and Saskia
His most famous work is a marble David in the city of Florence
Michelangelo
Raphael represented all the greatest mathematicians, philosophers and scientists from classical antiquity gathered together sharing their ideas and learning from each other. These figures all lived at different times, but here they are gathered together under one roof in this painting
School of Athens
Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo
fresco on ceiling
Titian's work of a nude woman in a shell represent the spring season and that of love.
Venus of Urbino
Jan van Eyck's painting of a young couple getting married, full of symbolism in a bedroom, depicts the Renaissance times
The Arnolfini Portrait
He was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal.
Leonardo da Vinci
Painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder of a landscape scene in the winter depicting everyday life
Hunters in the Snow
Venus of Urbino by Titian
Oil on canvas
In Vermeer's painting this woman standing in front of a widow is holding this
Balance
The ancient gods of marriage and love—Hymen and Amor (Cupid), hover in midair as they present this portrait to Henry IV, the king of France this portrait of his future wife
Marie de Medici
The Birth of Venus
Botticelli
This painting by Lippi showed the humanized portrayal of mother and child with angels
Madonna and Child with Two Angels
Self portrait with Saskia by Rembrandt
etching/printmaking
Leonardo's Last Supper painting depicts these figures
Albrecht Durer's engraving of this couple is one of the oldest stories in the bible of Genesis, depicting them standing together in the dense dark German forest
Adam and Eve