Christian and Biblical stories combined with classical themes and portraiture. Developing idealized style inspired by classical art; developing use of linear perspective. Artists, inspired by the intellectual freedom symbolized in classical art and encouraged by the Humanistic thought, sought to express the ideals of beauty and divinity.
Mary Enthroned with the Child, Saints and a Donor, Gentile da Fabriano, around 1400, From the collection of: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Madonna col Bambino in trono e angeli, Bottega veneziana di Gentile da Fabriano, 1408 ca. - 1408 ca., From the collection of: Museo Correr
Enthroned Madonna and Child with Two Angels, Gentile da Fabriano, 1410, From the collection of: Philbrook Museum of Art
Scenes from the Lives of the Early Fathers, Fra Angelico, ca. 1420–1430, From the collection of: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Madonna and Child with Two Angels, Fra Angelico, circa 1420, From the collection of: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
(Front), From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum
Adoration of the Magi, Gentile da Fabriano Massi, 1423, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
Saint Anne 'Metterza', Masaccio / Masolino Cassai/ Fini, 1424 - 1425, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
The Apostle Saint James the Greater Freeing the Magician Hermogenes, Fra Angelico (Fra Giovanni da Fiesole), c. 1426–29, From the collection of: Kimbell Art Museum
Saint John the Baptist and Saint Dominic, Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro, Fra Giovanni da Fiesole), late 1420s, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum
Coronation of the Virgin, Beato Angelico o Fra' Angelico, 1434 - 1435, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
Pietà, Filippo Lippi, Around 1440, From the collection of: Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Saint Anthony Abbot Shunning the Mass of Gold, Fra Angelico, c. 1435 - c. 1440, From the collection of: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Coronation of the Virgin, Filippo Lippi Lippi, 1439 - 1447, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, Piero della Francesca, 1454 - 1469, From the collection of: Museo Poldi Pezzoli
St. Sebastian, Andrea Mantegna, 1457/1459, From the collection of: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
The Adoration in the Forest, Filippo Lippi, 1459, From the collection of: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
The Adoration of the Magi, Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi, c. 1440/1460, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Madonna and Child with two Angels, Filippo Lippi Lippi, 1460 - 1465, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
Triptic, Andrea Mantegna Mantegna, Around 1463 - Around 1464, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
Profile Portrait of a Young Lady, Antonio del Pollaiuolo, 1465, From the collection of: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza, Piero della Francesca, 1467 - 1472, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza, Piero della Francesca, 1467 - 1472, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
Portrait of young Woman, Piero del Pollaiolo, Around 1470, From the collection of: Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Battle of the Nudes, Antonio del Pollaiuolo, c. 1470/1475, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
The Nativity, Piero della Francesca, 1470-5, From the collection of: The National Gallery, London
Hercules and the Hydra and Hercules and Anteo, Antonio del Pollaiolo, Around 1475, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
Adoration of the Magi, Botticelli Filipepi, 1475, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
Giuliano de' Medici, Sandro Botticelli, c. 1478/1480, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Idealized Portrait of a Lady (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Nymph), Sandro Botticelli, 1480, From the collection of: Städel Museum
The Virgin and Child (The Madonna of the Book), Sandro Botticelli, 1480, From the collection of: Museo Poldi Pezzoli
The Adoration of the Magi, Sandro Botticelli, c. 1478/1482, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
La Primavera (Spring), Botticelli Filipepi, 1481 - 1482, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
Madonna of the Magnificat, Botticelli Filipepi, Around 1483, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
The birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli, 1483 - 1485, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
The Annunciation, Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi), ca. 1485-92, From the collection of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait of Francesco delle Opere, Perugino Vannucci, 1494, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine, Workshop of Benozzo Gozzoli, 1495/1500, From the collection of: Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
Christ as the Suffering Redeemer, Andrea Mantegna, 1495-1500, From the collection of: SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst
Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Andrea Mantegna or Follower (Possibly Giulio Campagnola), c. 1495/1500, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, Sandro Botticelli, 1499 - 1500, From the collection of: Museo Poldi Pezzoli
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Kimbell Art Museum
Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
The National Gallery, London
Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst
Philbrook Museum of Art
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC, Barcelona
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Städel Museum
Uffizi Gallery
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Museo Correr
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston