Italian Renaissance
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The Italian Renaissance is a period in Italian history covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It is the initial development of the broader Renaissance culture that spread from Italy to the rest of Euro
Portrait of Dante Alighieri by Cristofano dell'Altissimo, Uffizi Gallery Florence, 1552–1568
Pandolfo Malatesta (1417–1468), lord of Rimini, by Piero della Francesca. Malatesta was a capable condottiere, following the tradition of his family. He was hired by the Venetians to fight against the Turks (unsuccessfully) in 1465, and was the patron of Leone Battista Alberti, whose Tempio Malatestiano at Rimini is one of the first entirely classical buildings of the Renaissance.
Portrait of Cosimo de' Medici by Jacopo Pontormo (c. 1518–1520)
Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance Man, 1512
Leonardo da Vinci
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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initiall
Leonardo da Vinci's baptism record
The possible birthplace and childhood home of Leonardo in Anchiano, Vinci, Italy
The Baptism of Christ (1472–1475) by Verrocchio and Leonardo, Uffizi Gallery
Adoration of the Magi c. 1478–1482, Uffizi, Florence