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Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1350
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages were between the Renaissance and the fall of the Roman Empire -
Jan 1, 1100
High Middle Ages
The High Middle ages were the period of time following the Dark Ages. -
Jan 1, 1200
Roman Catholic Church
During the Roman Catholic Church time era there was a great amount of power for both kings and pesants. 10% of Western Europeans lived religious lives as catholic monks, nuns and preiests. -
Jan 1, 1250
Medieval Artwork
Medieval Artwork greatly reinforced these beliefs, the storys of the Bible, and they acted to inspire a sense of religious feeling of the mostly illiterate population of Europe. -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
The Renaissance means rebirth.
It was the movement of cultural rebirth in Florence, Italy in the 1300's which ended around 1650.
The Renaissance tried to recapture some of the ancient greatness of Ancient Greece and Rome. -
Period: Jan 1, 1350 to
Five Areas effected by Renaissance
1) art
2) religion(protestant)
3) science(solar system)
4) books
5) voyages of exploration -
Jan 1, 1400
Barbarians
Britain was undeafeted, allowing four different Barbarian tribes crossd the North Sea and settled there. -
Jan 1, 1400
Masaccio
Masaccio was born in 1401 and died in 1428. He changed painting profoundly. He carried the revolution further by using perspective. Perspective is a technique developed by Brunelleschi that gave objects the apperance of distance. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Renaissance
the renaissance time period -
Jan 1, 1466
Donatello
Donatello was an italian artist and sculptor from Florence during the Early Renaissance. He was the first sculptor to ever create a free-standing statues. -
Jan 1, 1501
Michelangelo
Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer. One of his most famous paintings is "The David". Another is the "Pieta". -
Jan 1, 1503
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci was a great artist during the Renaissance. He was the creator of the famous painting, "Mona Lisa". He also was the painter of "The Last Supper". -
Jan 1, 1510
Bottitcelli
Bottitcelli was an italian artist during the Early Renaissance. Some of his best works of art include the "Primavera" and "The Birth of Venus". -
Jan 1, 1520
Raphael
Raphael was an Italian painter as well as architect during the High Renaissance. He used printmaking. His artwork is found in places such as the Vatican. -
Jan 1, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was an Italian Astronmer of the Renaissance. As well as being an astronomer he was a mathematician, physician, quadrilingual polyglot, classical scholar, translator, artist, catholic cleric, jurist, governor, military leader, diplomat, and economist. -
Jan 1, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Galileo was an italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. He invented the Telescope as well as studied the Pendulum. -
Jan 1, 1578
William Harvey
William Harvey was the discoverer of how blood circulates throughout the body. -
William Gilbert
Gilbert studied magnetisim. He invented the magnet. -
Gabriel Fahrenheit
Gabriel Fahrenheit was the inventor the of the thermometer.
