Initial R with knight fighting a dragon

Moralia in Job

Citeaux, France

1115-1125

ink and tempura on vellum

Head reliquary of Saint Alexander

Stavelot Abbey, Belgium

1145

silver repousse, gilt bronze, gems, pearls, and enamel

Chartres Catherdral

Chartres, France

rebuilt after 1194

Old Testament kings and queen

jamb statues on the Royal Portal

Chartres Catherdral

Chartres, France

1145-1155

Rose window with lancets

north transept

Chartres Cathdral

Chartres, France

1220

stained glass

Saint Theodore 

jamb statue on the Porch of the Martyrs

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

1120

Notre Dame

Paris, France

nave and flying buttresses completed 1180-1200

Virgin of Paris

Notre Dame, Paris, France

early 14th century

Sainte-Chapelle

Paris, France

1243-1248

Robert and William Vertue

fan vaults of the chapel of Henry VII

Westminster Abbey, London, England

1503-1519

Gerhard of Cologne

Cologne Cathedral

Cologne, Germany

completed 1880

Rottgen Pieta

Rhineland, Germany

1300-1325

painted wood

Nicola Pisano

Annunciation, Nativity, and Adoration of the Shepards

relief on the baptistery pulpit

Pisa, Italy

1259-1260

marble

Giotto di Bondone

Madonna Enthroned

from the Churchof the Ognissanti, Florence, Italy

1310

tempera and gold leaf on wood

Giotto di Bondone

Lamentation

interior of the Arena Chapel

Padua, Italy

1305-1306

fresco

Duccio di Buoninsegna

Maesta altarpiece

Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy

1308-1311

tempera and gold leaf on wood

Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi

Annunciation altarpiece

Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy

1333

tempera and gold leaf on wood

Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Effect of Good Government in the City and in the Country

Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy

1338-1339

fresco

Robert Campin (Master of Flemalle)

Merode Altarpiece

1425-1428

oil on wood

Hubert & Jan van Eyck

Ghent Altarpiece

St. Bravo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium

1432

oil on wood

Hubert & Jan van Eyck

Ghent Altarpiece

St. Bravo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium

1432

oil on wood

Jan van Eyck

Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife

1434

oil on wood

Rogier van der Weyden

Deposition

1435

oil on wood

Limbourg Brothers

October

from Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

1413-1416

color and ink on vellum

Filippo Brunelleschi

Sacrifice of Isaac

competition panel for the east doors of the Florence Baptistery

1401-1402

gilded bronze

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Sacrifice of Isaac

competition panel for the east doors of the Florence Baptistery

1401-02

gilded bronze

Donatello

David

1440-1460

bronze

Masaccio

Tribute Money

Brancacci chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

1424-1427

fresco

Masaccio

Holy Trinity

Santa Maria Novella, Florence

1424-1427

fresco

Sandro Botticelli

Birth of Venus

1484-1486

tempera on canvas

nudes

Piero dell Francesca

Battista Sfroza and Federica da Montefeltro

1472-1474

oil and tempura on wood

Leon Battista Alberti

Sant'Andrea

begun 1472

Mantua, Italy

Andrea Mantegna

ceiling of the Camera Picta

Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy

1465-1474

fresco

Andrea Mantegna 

Dead Christ

1500

tempera on canvas

Leonardo da Vinci

Last Supper

Refectory, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan

1495-1498

oil and tempera on plaster

Leonardo da Vinci

La Giocanda (Mona Lisa)

1502-05

oil on wood

Raphael

Madonna of the Meadows

1505-1506

oil on wood

Raphael

Philosophy (School of Athens)

Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome

1509-1511

fresco

Michelangelo

Pieta

St. Peter's, Vatican, Rome

1498-1500

marble

Michelangelo

David

1501-1504

marble

Michelangelo

Creation of Adam

ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Vatican City, Rome, Italy

1508-1512

fresco