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The Doryphorus
Classical sculpture
Polykleitus
c.440 BC
Original now lost.
Original made of bronze.

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Parthenon
Ictinus and Callicrates (architects)
c.447-432 BC
Athens, Greece
Limestone (foundations) and marble

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Three Fates
Phidias (sculptor)
c.447-432 BC
East Pediment, Parthenon, Athens, Greece
Marble

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Winged Victory of Samothrace

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Venus Pudica

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The Laocoön
Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus
Late 2ndC BC
Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy
Marble

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Venus Pudica

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The Colosseum
70-80 AD
Rome, Italy
Limestone, tufo, cement (opus caementicium), bricks, marble
Patron – Emperor Vespasian

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Pantheon

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Hagia Sophia
c.562-567 AD
Constantinople (modern day Istanbul, Turkey)
Exterior – stone and brick set in mortar
Interior – mosaics, marble, porphyry

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Durham Cathedral
1093-1130
Durham, England
Sandstone

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Chartres Cathedral
Unknown architect
1194-1260
Chartres, France

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Salisbury Cathedral

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The Nativity
Relief panel on the Pisa Baptistery
Nicola Pisano (c.1220-1284)
1260

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Maestà (or Madonna Santa Trinità)
Cimabue (c.1240-1302)
1285-6
Uffizi, Florence, Italy
Tempera on panel

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The Meeting at the Golden Gate
Giotto (1266-1337)
c.1305-10
The Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy
Fresco
Patron – Enrico Scrovegni

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The Flight into Egypt
Giotto (1266-1337)
c.1305-10
The Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy
Fresco
Patron – Enrico Scrovegni

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The Kiss of Judas
Giotto (1266-1337)
c.1305-10
The Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy
Fresco
Patron – Enrico Scrovegni

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The Crucifixion
Giotto (1266-1337)
c.1305-10
The Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy
Fresco
Patron – Enrico Scrovegni

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The Lamentation
Giotto (1266-1337)
c.1305-10
The Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy
Fresco
Patron – Enrico Scrovegni

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Scrovegni offering a model of the chapel to the Madonna
Giotto (1266-1337)
c.1305-10
The Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy
Fresco
Patron – Enrico Scrovegni

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The Trinity
Masaccio (1401-1428)
1425-1427
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
Fresco

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Triumph of Death
Traini (c.1321-1365)
c.1350
In the town cemetery at Pisa
Fresco

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The Wilton Diptych Artist unknown c.1395 National Gallery, London, England Tempera on wood Patron – King Richard II
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron (if applicable)
The Tribute Money Masaccio (1401-1428) c.1426-8 The Brancacci Chapel, Florence, Italy Fresco Patron – Felice Brancacci (a rich and politically active merchant)
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron (if applicable)
Flora Verrocchio (c.1435-1488) c.1475 Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy Marble
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron (if applicable)
David Verrocchio (c.1435-1488) 1473-75 Bargello, Florence Bronze
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron (if applicable)
Venus and Mars
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Title, Artist and artist's dates, Date of artwork, Location, Medium, Patron (if applicable)
St George and the Dragon
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron (if applicable)
David Donatello (1386-1466) c.1440? Bargello, Florence Bronze
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron (if applicable)
The Foundling Hospital Brunelleschi (1377-1446) 1419-24 Florence
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron (if applicable)
The Dome of Florence Cathedral Brunelleschi (1377-1446) 1418 onwards Florence
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron (if applicable)
Florence Baptistery
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron (if applicable)
The Adoration of the Magi Altarpiece Gentile da Fabriano (1370-1427) 1423 Uffizi, Florence Tempera on panel
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron (if applicable)
The Camera degli Sposi (Oculus; Ludovico Gonzaga and His Court, North Wall; The Meeting, West Wall) Mantegna (1431-1506) 1465-74 Mantua Fresco Patron – Ludovico Gonzaga (Marquis of Mantua, 1412-1478)
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Patron
Palazzo Rucellai (1446-51) Alberti (1404-1472) Florence Patron - Giovanni Rucellai (1403-81)
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location
Dome of Florence Cathedral (1418 onwards) Brunelleschi (1377 – 1446) Florence
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location
The Foundling Hospital (1419 - 1424) Brunelleschi (1377-1446) Florence
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium
The Adoration of the Magi Altarpiece Gentile Da Fabriano (1370-1427) 1423 Uffizi, Florence Tempera on panel 300 x 282 cm
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium
Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata (1453) Donatello ( 1386 - 1466 ) Bronze Piazza del Santo, Padua, Italy
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium
Judith and Holofernes (1460) Donatello ( 1386 -1466) bronze Palazzo Vecchio, Florence 236 cm
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium
Man in a Red Turban (1433) Van Eyck (c.1395-1441) oil on panel National Gallery, London
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium/ Dimensions
Arnolfini Portrait ( 1434 ) Jan Van Eyck (1395-1441) Oil on oak panel National Gallery, London (82.2 cm x 62.5cm)
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium / dimensions
Venus of Urbino (1438 ) Titian (c.1488/90-1576) Uffizi, Florence Oil on Canvas (119cm x 165 cm)
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium
David (c.1440??) Donatello ( 1386- 1466) Bronze Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron
The Camera Degli Sposi (1465 - 74) Mantegna (1431-1506) Mantua Fresco Patron: Ludovico Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (1412-1478)
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron
The Camera degli Sposi - oculus (1465-1474) Mantegna Mantua Fresco Patron: Ludovico Gonzaga (marquis of Mantua 1412- 1478)
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron
The Camera degli Sposi: Ludovico Gonzaga and his Court, North Wall ( 1465-1474) Mantegna (1431-1506) Mantua Fresco Patron - Ludovico Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (1412 - 1478)
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron
The Camera degli Sposi: Ludovico Gonzaga with family Members and political allies: The West Wall Also known as the Meeting ( 1465 - 1474) Mantegna ( 1431 - 1506 ) Mantua Fresco Patron: Ludovico Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (1412-1478)
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium
George and the Dragon (c.1465) Ucello (1397-1475) NG, London (RM 54) oil on canvas
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron
Tomb of Piero and Giovanni de' Medici (1469-1472) Verrochio (1435-1488) Florence Bronze, marble, pophyry, green marble Patron: Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492) + Giuliano de' Medici
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium
David (1473-75) Verrocchio (c.1435-1488) Bronze Museo Nazionale Del Bargello, Florence
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium
Flora Renaissance sculpture Verrochio (c.1435 -1488) c.1475 Florence
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron
David (1501-4) Michelangelo (1475-1564) Galleria Dell' Academia, Florence Carrara marble (Commissioned by the 'Operai' overseers of the Office of Works of the Duomo)
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium / dimensions
Venus and Mars (early 1480s) Botticelli (1444-1510) NG, London Tempera and oil on poplar 69.2 x 173.4 cm
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Patron
Belvedere Courtyard (begun 1505) Bramante (1444 - 1515) Rome Patron: Pope Julius II (P.1503-1513)
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron
Mona Lisa / La Gioconda (c.1503 -6) Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 -1519) Musee du Louvre Oil on poplar (Lisa Gherardini - wife of Francesco del Giocondo)
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location
St. Peter's Basilica (begun 1506) Bramante ( 1444- 1515) Rome
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium Patron
Sleeping Venus (1509/10) Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Dresden, Germany Oil on canvas (108.5 cm x 175 cm)
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Title Artist and artist's dates Date of artwork Location Medium
The Ambassadors (1533) Holbein (c.1497-1543) National Gallery, London Oil on oak panel
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