From Botticelli to Lorenzo Lotto, this luxurious calendar features a selection of 12 Italian Renaissance masterpieces from the National Gallery’s collections. Inspired by the antique and the philosophy of humanism, Renaissance is one of the most varied and progressive periods in the history of art. Starting in the fourteenth century it constantly developed to reach its most magnificent and memorable phase at the turn of the sixteenth century. Informative text accompanies each work and the datepad features previous and next month’s views.