Italy, 1200 to 1400

Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy, begun c. 1340-1345; expanded and remodeled, 1424-1438

Milan Cathedral, Milan, Italy, begun 1386

Giotto Di Bondone, Lamentation, Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy, c. 1305, fresco, 6' 6 3/4" x 6' 3/4"

Giotto Di Bondone, Arena Chapel, Padua Italy, 1305-06

Francesco Traini or Buonamico Buffalmacco, two details of Triumph of Death, 1330s, full fresco, 18' 6" x 49' 2", Camposanto, Pisa

Giotto Di Bondone, Madonna Enthroned, from the Church of Ognissanti, Florence, Italy, c. 1310, tempera and gold leaf on wood, 10' 8" x 6' 8"

Bonaventura Berlinghieri, panel from Saint Francis Altarpiece, San Francesco, Pescia, Italy, 1235, tempera on wood, 5' x 3' x 6'

Arnolfo Di Camio and others, Florence Cathedral (aerial view looking northeast), Florence, Italy, begun 1296

Nave of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy,

c. 1246-1470

Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, from Santa Trinita, Florence, Italy, c. 1280-1290, tempera and gold leaf on wood, 12' 7" x 7' 4"

Arnolfo Di Camio and others, interior of Florence Cathedral (looking east), Florence, Italy, begun 1296

The Pisa Baptistery, Pisa, Italy, began 1152, designed by Diotisalvi,

Nicola Pisano, Annunciation, Nativity, and Adoration of the Shepherds, relief panel on the baptistery pulpit, Pisa Italy, 1259-1260, marble, 2' 10" x 3' 9"

Giovanni Pisano, Annunciation, Nativity, and Adoration of the Shepherds, relief panel on the pulpit of Sant Andrea, Pistoia, Italy, 1297-1301, marble, 2' 10" x 3' 4"

Sarcophagus with Reclining Couple, Etruria (Italy), c. 520 BCE. Painted terra-cotta.

Nicola Pisano, pulpit of the baptistery, Pisa, Italy, 1259-1260, marble, 15' high

Lorenzo Maitani, west facade of Orvieto Cathedral, Orvieto, Italy, begun 1310

Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi (?), Annunciation altarpiece, from Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy, 1333, tempera and gold leaf on wood, center panel 10' 1" x 8' 8 3/4"

Italy about 1400

Duccio Di Buoninsegna, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, principle panel of the Maesta Alterpiece from Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy, 1308-1311, tempera and gold leaf on wood, 7' x 13' (center panel)

Duccio Di Buoninsegna, Betrayal of Jesus, detail from the back of the Maesta Alterpiece from Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy, 1309-1311, tempera and gold leaf on wood, detail 1' 10 1/2" x 3' 4"

Pietro Lorenzetti, Birth of the Virgin, from the alter of Saint Savinus, Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy, 1342, tempera on wood, 6' 1" x 5' 11"

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Peaceful City, detail from Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country, Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy, 1338-1339, fresco

Aerial view of the Campo with the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy, 1288-1309

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Peaceful Country, detail from Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country, Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy, 1338-1339, fresco