The Synthesis of "proto-Renaissance"

Discover Giotto di Bondone, the revolutionary artist who broke from medieval traditions and paved the way for the Italian Renaissance.

Discover the Renaissance, the European "rebirth" from the 14th-17th century that transformed art, science, and culture, and see how it still impacts us today.

Explore the life and work of Titian, the Venetian master whose revolutionary use of color and brushwork profoundly influenced Western art.

An overview of Michelangelo, the iconic artist of the High Renaissance whose sculptures and paintings have left an enduring legacy on Western art.

Explore the life and work of Raphael, the iconic painter of the High Renaissance whose art embodies harmony, clarity, and idealized human beauty.

Discover Donatello, the master Florentine sculptor whose innovations in realism and emotion revolutionized art and shaped the course of the Renaissance.

Discover El Greco, the visionary Greek artist of the Spanish Renaissance whose dramatic and expressive style was centuries ahead of its time.

Discover the Italian Wars (1494-1559), a series of conflicts that transformed Italy into a European battleground and reshaped the continent's destiny.

Discover Filippo Brunelleschi, the genius of the Renaissance who engineered Florence's iconic dome and revolutionized art with linear perspective.

Explore the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance artist, scientist, and inventor whose work like the Mona Lisa continues to inspire the world.