condottiere (condottieri in plural)
Giorgio Vasari (1511-74), The Lives of the Most Eminent Italian Architects, Painters, and Sculptors
lost wax casting (ThinkQuest)
contrapposto
facade
arcade
colonnade
pediment
bay
transcept
basilica
linear perspective
vanishing point   (see linear perspective link)
orthogonals  (see linear perspective link)
foreground
aerial or atmospheric perspective
chiaroscuro
memento mori
Cosimo de'Medici
NeoPlatonism
oil painting (Wikipedia)

Felippo Brunelleschi (1377-1466), The Sacrifice of Isaac, gilded bronze, competition panel, 1401-02
    Hospital of the Innocents, Florence, begun 1419
    Dome of the Florence Cathedral, Florence, 1410-1436
    Santo Spirito, Florence, begun 1445

Lorenzo Ghiberti (c. 1381-1455)m, The Sacrifice of Isaac, gilded bronze, 1410-02
    North doors, Baptistry of San Giovanni, Florence, gilded bronze, 1402-24
    East doors (The Gates of Paradise), Baptistry of San Giovanni, Florence, gilded bronze, 1425-50

Masaccio (Tammaso de Ser Giovanni) (1410-c. 1428), The Holy Trinity, Santa Maria Novella, Floence, 1425, fresco
    The Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, 1420s:  The Expulsion from Eden, The Tribute Money, c. 1425

Gentile da Fabriano (c. 1370-1427), Adoration of the Magi, altarpiece, tempera on wood panel, 1423

Donatello (Donato di Niccolo Bardi) (1386-1466), Saint Mark, Or San Michele, Florence, marble, 1411-15
    St. George, Or San Michele, marble, 1415-16
    David, bronze, c. 1430-40
    Gattamelata, bronze, 1445-50
    Mary Magdalen, painted wood, c. 1455

Leon Battista Alberti (1402-72), On Painting, 1436
    The Rucellai Palace, Florence, 1446-1450
    Sant' Andrea, Mantua, 1470-93

Paolo Uccello (1397-1475), Battle of San Romano, tempera, 1450

Piero della Francesca (1420-92), Battista Sforze and Federico da Montefeltro, The Duke and Duchess of Urbino, oil, after 1475
    Annunciation, San Francesco, Arezzo, fresco, c. 1450

Fra Angelico (1400-55), The Annunciation, Monastery of San Marco, Forence, fresco, 1438-45

Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506, Camera degli Sposi, Ducal Palace, Mantua, 1474
    The Dead Christ, tempera on canvas, c. 1500

Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), Birth of Venus, tempera, c. 1482