Grace Shore Renaissance timeline

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  • Oct 1, 1347

    The Black Plague

    The Black Plague
    The plague was carried by fleas on rats.Also called the Bubonic Plague. It was really, really bad.Doctors didn't know what to do. The death rate was high- 65 million to 85 million.
  • Jan 1, 1430

    Donatello

    Donatello
    He sculpted David. He is a famous sculpter of the Renaissance.
  • Jan 1, 1434

    The Medici family

    The Medici family
    They first attained wealth and political power in Florence. Their success came through commerce and banking. The Medicis produced four popes. The last Medici died without an heir after almost three centuries.
  • Jan 1, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci
    He was a painter, architech, inventor, and student of all things specific. He painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Filled dozens of secret notebooks with inventions. created things like the bicycle, the heliocopter and the airplane on paper.
  • Jan 1, 1452

    Perspective and Realism

    Perspective and Realism
    These things made paintings better. Perspective is 3-D on 2-D by vanishing points. Realism is how things really are and what they really look like.
  • Jan 1, 1452

    Humanism

    Humanism
    It is the celebration of humans. It is also called the greatness of humans.
  • Jan 1, 1475

    Michelangelo

    Michelangelo
    He painted the Sistene Chapel. He painted the ceilings and the walls.
  • Jan 1, 1508

    Raphael

    Raphael
    He painted the School of Athens.

  • Augissola and Gentileschi

    Augissola and Gentileschi
    Two famous women painters. These women painted portraits.

  • Inspiration for Artists

    Inspiration for Artists
    The ancients- Greek Gods, Greek myths, philosophers. Religion- Jesus.