Renaissance Art Timeline

By jesu_chan
  • Feb 18, 1400

    Oil Paints Introduced

    Made by mixing powdered pigmants with linseed or walnut oil. They dried slowly giving the artist more time to make corrections.
  • Feb 18, 1400

    Rise of Humanism

    Belief that humans should be able to think freely about the world and have curiosity. It was in confilict with the Church's teaching and caused an uproar.
  • Feb 18, 1420

    Brunelleschi Dome

    Made by sculpter and artist Filippo Brunelleschi. Largest built stracutre since the Pantheon.
  • Feb 18, 1435

    Linear Perspective 1435

    A mathematical system for representing 3D space ona flat surface. Developed by Filipp Brunelleschi.
  • Feb 18, 1435

    Donatello's David

    Donatello, one of Italy's best sculptors, made David for the Medici for their palace in Flourence. David was one of the first bronze sculptures since the ancient Roman times.
  • Feb 18, 1500

    High Renaissance

    The shift in artistic style and objectives giving rise to what is commanly knows as the high Renaissance. Some of the high Renaissance's artists were Leonardo, Michelangelo and Titan.
  • Feb 18, 1505

    Adoration of the Shepherds

    Painted by Adoration of the Shepherds wil oil paint. Mary, Joseph, the shepards, and an angel are pointing the attention to baby Jesus.
  • Feb 18, 1506

    Leonardo's Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci was an Itallian painter, sculptor, architecht, engineer and scientist. Leonardo's inventiveness, writings and artistry demonstrate the complexity of his genius.
  • Feb 18, 1512

    Michelangelo’s Chapel

    Michelangelo was the self-taught artist hired to paint the Sistine Chapel's celieng for Pope Julius II. Michelangleo's Sistine Chapel represents the summit of his achievement.
  • Feb 18, 1513

    Adoration of the Magi

    Originally part of an alterpiece. Made by Hans von Kulmbach.