(742-814) Christian Emperor. Time of rule was known as Carolingian Renaissance during which he built palaces and churches, and promoted Christianity, education, agriculture, the arts, manufacturing and commerce

Charlemagne

(742-814) Christian Emperor. Time of rule was known as Carolingian Renaissance during which he built…

(1452-1519) Painter, sculpture and inventor during the high Renaissance.

Leonardo da Vinci

(1452-1519) Painter, sculpture and inventor during the high Renaissance.

(1483-1520) High Renaissance painter and architect

Raphael Sanzio

(1483-1520) High Renaissance painter and architect

(1494-1534) Renaissance painter who painted the series of mythological frescoes in the convent of San Paolo at Parma

Correggio

(1494-1534) Renaissance painter who painted the series of mythological frescoes in the convent of San…

Italian Renascence mask, Venice.

Italian Renascence mask

Italian Renascence mask, Venice.

Italian Renascence mask, tomb of the cardinal Sforza, Sta. Maria del Popolo, Rome, by Sansovino.

Italian Renascence mask

Italian Renascence mask, tomb of the cardinal Sforza, Sta. Maria del Popolo, Rome, by Sansovino.

Satyr, Italian Renascence by Sansovino.

Satyr Mask

Satyr, Italian Renascence by Sansovino.

Female metal shield, German Renascence.

German Renascence Mask

Female metal shield, German Renascence.

Female metal shield, German Renascence.

German Renascence Mask

Female metal shield, German Renascence.

Grotesque mask by Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance.

Michelangelo Mask

Grotesque mask by Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance.

Italian majolica pavement, Siena, Italian Renascence.

Majolica Pavement

Italian majolica pavement, Siena, Italian Renascence.

Cherub, early Italian Renascence.

Cherub Head

Cherub, early Italian Renascence.

Cherub, Italian Renascence candelabrum.

Cherub Head

Cherub, Italian Renascence candelabrum.

Roman Renaissance uppercase alphabet, 1547, specimen beek of John of Yciar, Durango, Biscaya.

Roman Renaissance Alphabet

Roman Renaissance uppercase alphabet, 1547, specimen beek of John of Yciar, Durango, Biscaya.

Roman Renaissance lowercase alphabet, 1553, specimen book of Wolfgang Fugger, Nurenberg.

Roman Renaissance Alphabet

Roman Renaissance lowercase alphabet, 1553, specimen book of Wolfgang Fugger, Nurenberg.

Renaissance E, 1531.

E, Renaissance

Renaissance E, 1531.

Renaissance A, 1500.

A, Renaissance

Renaissance A, 1500.

Renaissance S, 1534, Lucas Cranach the elder.

S, Renaissance

Renaissance S, 1534, Lucas Cranach the elder.

Renaissance Z, "Gedruckt Su Auguspurg Durch Jost De Necker."

Z, Renaissance

Renaissance Z, "Gedruckt Su Auguspurg Durch Jost De Necker."

Renaissance D, Italian.

D, Renaissance

Renaissance D, Italian.

Renaissance C, 17th century, Elzevir printing office.

C, Renaissance

Renaissance C, 17th century, Elzevir printing office.

Renaissance I, 17th century, specimen book of Paul Furst of Nuremberg.

I, Renaissance

Renaissance I, 17th century, specimen book of Paul Furst of Nuremberg.

Renaissance H, French.

H, Renaissance

Renaissance H, French.

Renaissance H.

H, Renaissance

Renaissance H.

Renaissance B.

B, Renaissance

Renaissance B.

Ornate capital B, Renaissance, 17th century.

B, Ornate

Ornate capital B, Renaissance, 17th century.

A well preserved building, in which Gothic forms are everwhere perceptible, under the veil of the Renaissance decoration.

Chenonceaux Chateau

A well preserved building, in which Gothic forms are everwhere perceptible, under the veil of the Renaissance…

"A principal and distinctive feature of Italian public buildings and palaces of this time is the cortile (i.e. court-yard), surrounded by open arcades."

Cancellaria palace

"A principal and distinctive feature of Italian public buildings and palaces of this time is the cortile…

"Part of the Ospedale Maggiore, Milan." —D'Anvers, 1895

Ospedale Maggiore

"Part of the Ospedale Maggiore, Milan." —D'Anvers, 1895

"Each story of the chief buildings of Venice possess a separate tier of columns and an entablature. The arched windows are ornamented with columns, and the spandrels are frequently filled with figures." —D'Anvers, 1895

Palazzo Vendramin Calergi

"Each story of the chief buildings of Venice possess a separate tier of columns and an entablature.…

A Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He is considered to be the most famous and influential musician in Europe at the end of the 16th century.

Orlando di Lasso

A Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He is considered to be the most famous and influential…

A Renaissance writer, born in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France.

Francois Rabelais

A Renaissance writer, born in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France.

Pope Alexander VI was a pope of the Renaissance.

Alexander VI

Pope Alexander VI was a pope of the Renaissance.

"A style of classical ornament, so called, in the 13th century from its having been rediscovered in the excavations made in the baths of Titus and other ancient Roman buildings, the Italian word grotto applying to any subterranean chamber. This light, fantastic style was much in favor during the Renaissance. It abounds in all kinds of transformations, from the animal to the vegetable, and mingles all the natural kingdoms in the most fanciful and picturesque confusion." — Chambers, 1881

Grotesque

"A style of classical ornament, so called, in the 13th century from its having been rediscovered in…

From the painting by himself, in the Pitti Palace, Florence. Painted by Raphael.

Raphael Sanzio

From the painting by himself, in the Pitti Palace, Florence. Painted by Raphael.

Raphael's sister, Elisabetta. From a Drawing by Raphael.

Elisabetta

Raphael's sister, Elisabetta. From a Drawing by Raphael.

The Marriage of the Virgin. From the Painting by Raphaello in the Brera, Milan.

La Sposalizio

The Marriage of the Virgin. From the Painting by Raphaello in the Brera, Milan.

From the painting by Raphael, in the Pitti Palace, Florence.

The Madonna Della Gran Duca

From the painting by Raphael, in the Pitti Palace, Florence.

From the painting by Raphael, in the Louvre.

La Belle Jardiniere

From the painting by Raphael, in the Louvre.

From the painting by Raphael, in the Borghese Palace.

The Entombment

From the painting by Raphael, in the Borghese Palace.

This painting by Andrea Mantegna is from the time period when he worked for the Pope in Verona. It is a Renaissance piece from an engraving.

The Entombment

This painting by Andrea Mantegna is from the time period when he worked for the Pope in Verona. It is…

A decorative implement for flat surfaces

Arabesque

A decorative implement for flat surfaces

(1584-1616) Beaumont was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre.

Francis Beaumont

(1584-1616) Beaumont was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre.

(1430-1516) Bellini was a Venetian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of painters.

Giovanni Bellini

(1430-1516) Bellini was a Venetian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family…

(1313-1375) An Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch, an important Renaissance humanist in his own right and author of a number of notable works including <em>On Famous Women</em> and the <em>Decameron</em>.

Giovanni Boccaccio

(1313-1375) An Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch, an important Renaissance…

(1444-1514) Donato Lazzari, was an Italian architect, who introduced the Early Renaissance style to Milan and the High Renaissance style to Rome, where his most famous design was St. Peter's Basilica.

Bramante D'Urbino

(1444-1514) Donato Lazzari, was an Italian architect, who introduced the Early Renaissance style to…

A Renascence decorative chased metal dish.

Renascence Trophy

A Renascence decorative chased metal dish.

A Renascence decorative chased metal dish.

Renascence Trophy

A Renascence decorative chased metal dish.

A Renascence decorative chased metal dish.

Renascence Trophy

A Renascence decorative chased metal dish.

A Renascence decorative chased metal dish.

Renascence Trophy

A Renascence decorative chased metal dish.

A Renascence decorative chased metal dish.

Renascence Trophy

A Renascence decorative chased metal dish.

A Renascence decorative chased metal dish.

Renascence Trophy

A Renascence decorative chased metal dish.

Decorative clock panel in the style of Louis XIII.

Renascence Trophy

Decorative clock panel in the style of Louis XIII.

Decorative clock panel in the style of Louis XIII.

Renascence Trophy

Decorative clock panel in the style of Louis XIII.

Panels of a door in the Otto-Heinrich portion of the Heidelberg Castle.

Renascence Trophy

Panels of a door in the Otto-Heinrich portion of the Heidelberg Castle.

Panels of a door in the Otto-Heinrich portion of the Heidelberg Castle.

Renascence Trophy

Panels of a door in the Otto-Heinrich portion of the Heidelberg Castle.

A panel from the tomb of Galeazzo Pandono.

Renascance Trophy

A panel from the tomb of Galeazzo Pandono.

A part of a panel.

Renascence Trophy

A part of a panel.

Part of a panel from a stall in Dordtrecht.

Renascence Trophy

Part of a panel from a stall in Dordtrecht.

The pedestal of a monument to a Margrave in Pforzheim, Germany.

Renascence Trophy

The pedestal of a monument to a Margrave in Pforzheim, Germany.