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    • Fact Sheets: Renaissance

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    These links take you to PDFs with information about key renaissance artworks in our collection. Each fact sheet is specifically written for teachers.

    A painting of the Virgin Mary and Joseph gathered around the baby Jesus, inside a stable. In the background, the Magi are en route to the stable and the light of an angel shines brightly over some shepherds on a hill.

    Domenico Ghirlandaio, The Nativity

     

     

     

     

     

    A long landscape painting of a renaissance scene, with lots of figures in it. Many of them are repeated multiple times throughout the scene.

    Jacopo del Sellaio,

    Cupid and Psyche

    A photo of three large paintings of people, with four mini paintings underneath, each with two people, all set within a large gold frame that looks like a church alterpiece. The middle shows a woman, the Virgin Mary, holding a baby Christ They are surrounded by 4 smaller cherub figures. The other people are in fine gold decorated robes and are also Christian figures.

    Vittore Crivelli, Virgin and child enthroned

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