French miniature painting of the fall of Constantinople, 1453.

The Ottoman Empire in the 15th century.

Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), priest, philosopher, and musician.

Renaissance instruments.

Mary Magdalene playing the lute (Flemish, 15th-century).

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels (Cimabue, c. 1290).

Madonna of the Red Cherubim (Giovanni Bellini, c. 1485).

Madonna and Child (Pietro Perugino, c. 1500).

Vitruvian man (Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1490).

Victorious Youth (Greek statue, c. 310 B.C.).

David (Michelangelo, 1504).

An Old Man and his Grandson (Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1490).