Kunes.Tatiyanawagner.Renaissance

By Tdwagner
  • Feb 25, 1276

    Giotto

    Giotto
    A magnificent early realist painter. Acoording to legend, a fly looked so realistic in one of his paintings that an observer tried to actually brush it off. He dided in 1337.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1575

    Renaissance timline

    this timeline will cover ten events from chapter 15.
  • Feb 25, 1304

    Father of Humanism is born (Francesco Petrarch)

    Father of Humanism is born (Francesco Petrarch)
    Died in 1374 and became a scholar and a teacher. Also wrote poetry and sonnets to Laura, an imaginary ideal women, They we're considered some of the best poems in literature.
  • Feb 25, 1452

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    A man of many talents. He was an architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, and scientist. He made sketches of plants and animlas and he died in 1519.
  • Feb 25, 1469

    The birth of Niccolo Machiavelli

    A Florentine diplomat and historian. He wrote and published books and died in 1527.
  • Feb 25, 1471

    The birth of Albrecht Durer

    Famous for his copper engravings and wood cuts. Studied Germany in and Venice. He also studied the classics of humanism. He died in 1528.
  • Feb 25, 1474

    Isabella d'Esta

    Isabella d'Esta
    Considered to be the most brilliant of the Itailian Renaissance. Very educated in languages and poetry who used her wealth to support artists and scholars. She housed writers and sculpters and died in 1539.
  • Feb 25, 1475

    Michelangelo

    Considered to be a master of Renaissance art. Was a very brilliant painter. His work remains in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican to be viewed.
  • Feb 25, 1483

    Rafael

    Rafael
    Became very popular in Florence and known for his Madonnas or pictures of the virgin marry. He was hired by the pope to help him beautify the vatican. He painted Frescoes in the papal chambers. He died in 1520.
  • Feb 25, 1513

    The Prince.

    Wrote and pulished by Machiavelli in 1513. The book breifly describes government in the way that it actually worked.
  • Feb 25, 1528

    The book of the Courtier.

    The book of the Courtier.
    Published by Machiavelli, and considered to be the most famous book of the Renaissance. The setting for the book is at the court of Urbino.