Presentation in the Temple (cell 10)
This fresco (1438-1443) by Fra Angelico ⓘ 1438-1443) depicting the Presentation in the Temple is in cell 10 of the San Marco monastery in Florence.
Renaissance
Renaissance Sculpture
Renaissance sculpture, flourishing from the 14th to the early 17th century, marked a revival of classical antiquity and humanism, centered primarily in Italy, with Florence as its epicenter. Emerging from the medieval Gothic style, it sought to emulate the idealized forms and balanced proportions of ancient Greek and Roman art, while infusing a newfound focus on naturalism and individual expression.
Resurrection (cell 8)
This fresco (1438-1443) in cell 8 of the San Marco monastery is by Fra Angelico ⓘ.
Rouen France
These pages document medieval stained glass in the churches of Rouen.
Saint Peter’s Miraculous Escape from Prison - Bargello, Florence
This marble low relief depicting Saint Peter’s ⓘ Miraculous Escape from Prison, executed around 1439, was created by Luca della Robbia ⓘ. The panel is now preserved in the Bargello, Florence, but was originally part of the altar of Saint Peter in Florence Cathedral.
The work belongs to Luca’s early mature period and demonstrates the clarity, narrative restraint, and classical composure that define early Florentine Renaissance sculpture.
San Marco Florence
San Marco is a Dominican church and convent in Florence famous for its well preserved frescos by Fra Angelico ⓘ and other renaissance artists.
Scenes from the life of St. Peter - Saint-Étienne de Beauvais
This window in Saint-Étienne ⓘ de Beauvais, is dated 1548 and i9s signed by Nicolas le Prince. It contains three scenes from the life of St Peter ⓘ, and the conversion of St Paul ⓘ on the Road to Damascus.
Scourging of Christ (cell 4)
This fresco of the "Scourging of Christ" is by Fra Angelico ⓘ in cell 4 of the San Marco monastery.
Sibylla - Coughton, Warwickshire
Three Sibyls east window: Persica, Europa, and Samia. St. Peter ⓘ Coughton.
The Annunciation - Bourges Cathedral
This four-light window depicts the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary ⓘ, a masterwork of mid-15th-century French stained glass and one of the earliest panels in the south ambulatory cycle at Bourges Cathedral. At the centre, the Archangel Gabriel, richly vested in a scarlet cope patterned with gold shells and miniature saintly figures, kneels before the Virgin Mary, who stands at the right holding a book of hours and clothed in green and white robes edged with gold
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