Renaissance

Tomb of Agnes Sorel - Loches, France

walwyn Sun, 10/23/2016 - 15:24

 

 

Agnès Sorel (d1450) was the mistress of King Charles VII of France to whom she gave birth to three daughters to Charles VII.
 

Indre
Renaissance
Effigy
Sculpture
Tomb
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Tomb of Michelangelo Buonarroti - Basilica of Santa Croce Florence

walwyn Sat, 11/16/2019 - 21:52

 

This tomb dedicated to Michelangelo was created by Vasari in 1570 and contains elements of Sculpture, Architecture and Painting.

Italy
Renaissance
Sculpture
Tomb
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Tomb of Ottaviano Fabrizio Mossotti - Camposanto Monumentale, Pisa

walwyn Sat, 11/10/2012 - 18:40

 

 

Allegorical figure of Science on the tomb of the physicist Ottaviano Fabrizio Mossott (d1863) in the Camposanto Monumentale, Pisa, by the sculptor Giovanni Duprè.

 

 

Italy
Renaissance
Sculpture
Tomb
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Tomb of the cardinals of Amboise - Rouen Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 03/21/2011 - 23:35

Started in 1515, and completed in 1525, this tomb is the work of the Roullant Le Roux, Rouen cathedral's master mason of the time. It is a memorial to the French cardinal and archbishop of Rouen George d'Amboise (d1510), the other figure is his nephew George d'Amboise (d1550) who became archbishop of Rouen on his uncle's death.

France
Seine-Maritime
Renaissance
Effigy
Sculpture
Tomb
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Tomb of the Children of France - Tours Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 10/21/2012 - 23:28

This tomb, in Tours cathedral, by Michel Colombe was made in 1506 for the two sons of Charles VIII of France and Anne of Brittany. It is reputed to be the first tomb in the region that was made in the Italian style.

France
Indre-et-Loire
Renaissance
Effigy
Sculpture
Tomb
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Touch Me Not (cell 1)

walwyn Sun, 04/27/2025 - 14:40

Touch Me Not

 

 

This fresco by Fra Angelico in cell 1 of the San Marco Monastery illustrates the encounter between Mary Magdalen and Christ after the ressurection.

Italy
Medieval
Gothic
Renaissance
Wall painting
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Transfiguration (cell 6)

walwyn Thu, 06/20/2024 - 00:08

 

In this fresco by Fra Angelico the central figure of Christ within a mandorla of light, has outstretched arms which alude to the cross.

 

Italy
Gothic
Renaissance
Wall painting
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Tree of Jesse - Lady Chapel Evreux

walwyn Fri, 07/27/2012 - 20:50

 

 

This stained glass window in the Lady Chapel of Evreux Cathedral was a given to the cathedral by King Louis XI of France between 1467 and 1469.

 

 

France
Eure
Medieval
Gothic
Renaissance
Stained Glass
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Tree of Jesse - St Godard, Rouen

walwyn Thu, 02/24/2011 - 22:00

 

 

This Tree of Jesse in the church of St Godard Rouen, is the work of Arnoult de Nimégue (1506).

France
Seine-Maritime
Renaissance
Stained Glass
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Warwick - Last Judgment after Michelangelo

walwyn Fri, 10/21/2011 - 20:13

This "Doom" painting in St Mary's Warwick, is copy (1678), by Richard Bird, of Michelangelo's Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. The left hand side of the work has been restored but the right hand side left unrestored at present.

 

Warwickshire
Renaissance
Baroque
Wall painting
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