page_title: National Gallery, London
section_title: Italy in the 1500s
hierarchical_section_title: National Gallery, London / Important paintings / Italy in the 1500s
context_page_description: The National Gallery, London is an art gallery in London, England, which has one of the finest collections of European paintings in the world.
  What makes this gallery so important is that, although there are bigger galleries, The National Gallery has many paintings of very high quality and also because it has paintings by famous artists whose works are very rare. These rare paintings include works by Duccio, Masaccio, Uccello, Piero della Francesca, Leonardo, Giorgione, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Chardin, Klimt, Rousseau and Redon.
  The National Gallery is on Trafalgar Square, which is one of the busiest tourist places in London. It is a grand building of pale grey limestone, with a central dome and a large Classical style porch like an Ancient Greek temple. To the left side, the gallery has a large new building called The Sainsbury Wing.
context_section_description: Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin of the Rocks, c.1506, Milan. See below.
  Michelangelo, The Entombment of Christ, c.1506, Rome. See below.
  Raphael, The Ansidei Madonna, c.1505,
  Giorgione, Adoration of the Kings, 1507, Venice
   
  Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne, 1523, Venice
  This picture comes from Greek Mythology. Princess Ariadne has been shipwrecked on Naxos, the island of Bacchus. Bacchus sees Ariadne and falls in love at first sight. Titian shows him leaping from his chariot which is pulled by cheetahs, while Ariadne turns to run away. But Ariadne has looked into Bacchus's eyes, and she has fallen in love also. In the sky is the crown of stars which Bacchus gave her at their wedding. Titian has painted a spiral movement in many of the figures. It can be seen in Ariadne's red scarf. Although this painting is about Mythology, the figures are very realistic.
  Parmigiano, Madonna and Child with St John, 1527, Parma
  Lorenzo Lotto, Lady as Lucretia, 1530, Venice
  This portrait shows a woman in a richly coloured velvet dress, holding a drawing of Lucretia, a noble woman of Ancient Rome who committed suicide by stabbing herself after she had been raped. The painting may have been done for a family who wanted their daughter to marry well. The symbolism of the painting shows firstly that the young woman is rich and secondly, she is sexually pure. These two things were important in making a good marriage. Lotto has used contrast of colour in the orange and green dress to make a rich effect. He has also made an unusual use in the contrast of tone. Very light areas such as her face, bosom and hand control the centre of the painting. Three more very light areas are placed to the right side, the drawing, hand and note. This arrangement is asymmetrical
  Bronzino, Allegory, c.1550, Florence. See below.
  Tintoretto, St George and the Dragon, 1560s, Venice
caption: Lorenzo Lotto
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