Byzantine
Renaissance Humanism
patron/patronage
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), The Divine Comedy
St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
The Black Plague (bubonic)
pigment
tempera
fresco
see also Wikipedia on fresco
Cennino Cennini, Il Libro Dell' Arte (The Craftsman's Handbook)
guild
apprentice
journeyman
master
icon
maesta
altarpiece
Book of Hours
International Gothic Style
Philip the Bold (1342-1404)
Jean, Duke of Berry (1340-1416)

Cimabue (c. 1240-1302)
    Madonna Enthroned, c. 1280-90, tempera on wood panel

Duccio di Buoninsegna (active 1278-1318)
    Maesta, Siena Cathedral, 1308-11, tempera and gold on wood panel
    Duccio and the Art of Siena website

Giotto di Bondone (c. 1267-1337)
    Arena Chapel, Padua, 1305-1310, fresco
        Enrico Scrovegni
    Bardi Chapel, after 1317, fresco
    Madonna Enthroned, c. 1311, tempera on wood panel

Ambrogio Lorenzetti (active 1319-37)
       Allegories of Good and Bad Government, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, 1338-39, fresco

Simone Martini (1284-1344)
        Annunciation, 1333, tempera on wood panel

The Limbourg Brothers - Paul, Herman, Jean
        Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry), 1413-16, tempera