Western Civilization IPart 6: The Renaissance

and ReformationThe Church and Its Reformers

Pope Julius II (ruled 1503-1513). Portrait by Raphael, 1511-12. National Gallery, London (Wikipedia)

Albert of Brandenburg (1490-1545). Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526. Hermitage, St Petersburg. (Wikipedia)

Luther with Doctor’s Cap, Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1521. Coburg, Kunstsammlung der Veste Coburg.

The Difference between the True Religion of Christ and the False Idolatrous Teaching of the Antichrist. Lucas Cranach the Younger. Woodcut, 1547. (Wikipedia)

Pope Alexander VI (ruled 1492-1503). Portrait by Cristofano dell'AltissimoUffizi Gallery, Florence. (Wikipedia)

Cesare Borgia (1475/6-1507). Portrait possibly by Bartolomeo Veneto, ca. 1500–10. Palazzo Venezia, Rome. (Wikipedia)

Desiderius Erasmus (1466 -1536). Portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1523. National Gallery, London. (Wikipedia)

Martin Luther (1483-1546). Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1528. Kunstsammlung der Veste Coburg, Coburg. (Wikipedia)

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527). Portrait by Santi di Tito, late XVI. Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. (Wikipedia)

Martin Luther (1483-1546). Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1528. Kunstsammlung der Veste Coburg, Coburg. (Wikipedia)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Vitruvian Man, ca 1492. Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice. (Wikipedia)