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Many of the early works in the paintings collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum are altarpieces and fragments of altarpieces made for Italian churches. They were placed above altars and served as the focal point of the Mass. Churches in...

"Painting and Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence" was a show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. This is a review of the show. It mostly addresses Illuminated manuscripts.

Painted manuscript of a siren and centaur, about 1270.

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, about 1535.

Christ, hand raised in a blessing, about 1440.

Cropped illustration, from a medieval French manuscript, of members of the court and clergy.

An image of "The Birth of The Virgin", created by Lippo Vanni in 1345 (Illumination, 150 x 130 mm).

An image of "First page of the Codex De Animalibus", created by Francesco Di Giorgio Martini in 1463 (Illumination on parchment, 390 x 280 mm).

An image of "Chastity with the Unicorn", created by Francesco Di Giorgio Martini in 1463 (Illumination on parchment, 390 x 280 mm).

An image of "Depiction of Porta Sancti Angeli Auguste Perusie", created by Bartolomeo Caporali in 1486 (Illumination on parchment, 285 x 200 mm).

An image of "Christ Giving the Keys to St Peter", created by Giovanni Battista Castello in 1598 (Illumination on vellum, 384 x 292 mm).

An image of "Madonna with Child Enthroned and Four Saints", created by Master of the Dominican Effigies during the 1330's (Illumination on parchment).

An image of "Les tres riches heures du Duc de Berry: Fevrier (February), detail", created by Jean Limbourg Brothers (Herman Paul) from 1412-16 (Illumination on parchment).

An image of "The Scribe's Workshop", created by Loyset Liedet from 1470-72 (Illumination on parchment).

An image of "L'Histoire de Charles Martel, vol. 3 (Ms. 8, fol 7r)", created by Loyset Liedet from 1470-72 (Illumination on parchment, 410 x 290 mm).

An image of "Water (from the Elements)", created by Jacques I Bailly from 1664-68 (Illumination).

An image of "Autumn (from the Seasons)", created by Jacques I Bailly from 1664-68 (Illumination).

An image of "Manuscript with Poems by Lucrezia Tornabuoni", created by Gherardo Di Giovanni Del Fora after 1469 (Illumination on parchment, 221 x 143 mm).

An image of "Nativity (in an Antiphonary)", created by Francesco Di Giorgio Martini, c. 1460 (Illumination).

An image of "Psalter", created by Francesco Di Antonio Del Chiericoz (Illumination on parchment).

An image of "The Garden of the Virtues", created by Master of the Dominican Effigiesz (Illumination on parchment).

An image of "Virgin and Child", created by Jean Poyetz (Illumination on vellum, 234 x 172 mm).

An image of "The Three Theological Virtues", created by Giulio Clovioz (Illumination on vellum, 318 x 224 mm).