HIS 101 Renaissance Art- James Duquette

By JADuquette
  • Period: 1401 to 1428

    Masaccio

    The artist Masaccio lived from 1401-1428; his fresco of the Trinity demonstrates the “single point perspective” in painting. (The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, New York: Columbia University Press, 2017)
  • 1430

    Donatello's David

    Donatello's David
    Donatello sculpts his brass statue of David around 1430s, “a preadolescent boy clothed only in boots and a pointed hat. This enigmatic figure is in all probability the earliest existing freestanding nude since antiquity.” (Encyclopedia of World Biography, Detroit: Gale, 1998)
    Image from https://www.wga.hu/preview/d/donatell/1_early/david/2david11.jpg
  • 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci is born

    Florentine artist Leonardo da Vinci is born in 1452
  • 1475

    Michelangelo is born

    Florentine artist Michelangelo is born in 1475
  • 1485

    Botticelli's The Birth of Venus

    Botticelli's The Birth of Venus
    Sandro Botticelli of Florence finishes his famous mythological painting, The Birth of Venus, in 1485, depicting the Greco-Roman goddess Aphrodite rising from the sea. Image from https://www.wga.hu/art/b/botticel/5allegor/30birth.jpg
  • 1498

    da Vinci's The Last Supper

    da Vinci's The Last Supper
    Leonardo da Vinci paints The Last Supper in 1498, depicting the dinner at which “Christ tells the Disciples that one of them would betray him,” focusing on their psychology (Carmen Bambach,
    Department of Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2002)
    Image from https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_leon_1.jpg
  • 1504

    Michelangelo's David

    Michelangelo's David
    Michelangelo sculpts his David in marble in 1504, one of the most famous statues of its age; “It has continued to serve as the prime statement of the Renaissance ideal of perfect humanity… the David [was] installed in front of the entrance of the Palazzo dei Priori (now called Palazzo Vecchio) as a symbol of the Florentine Republic.” (“Michelangelo”, Encyclopedia Britannica)
    Image from https://media1.britannica.com/eb-media/64/91864-004-C4340534.jpg
  • 1511

    Raphael's The School of Athens

    Raphael's The School of Athens
    Raphael finishes The School of Athens in 1511, a well-known classical painting depicting Plato and Aristotle.
    Image from https://media1.britannica.com/eb-media/44/22944-004-3DD66070.jpg
  • 1519

    Mona Lisa and da Vinci's death

    Mona Lisa and da Vinci's death
    Leonardo da Vinci finishes the Mona Lisa, his most famous work, and dies the same year in 1519 (Global Events: Milestone Events Throughout History. Ed. Jennifer Stock. Vol. 4: Europe. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2014. p170-173. From Gale Virtual Reference Library).
    Image from http://callisto.ggsrv.com/imgsrv/FastFetch/UBER1/glvm_0001_0004_0_img0393
  • 1541

    The Sistine Chapel is finished

    The Sistine Chapel is finished
    Michelangelo finishes painting the Sistine Chapel in 1541, including The Last Judgment, which depicts his view of the end of the world.
    Image from https://media1.britannica.com/eb-media/90/59990-004-C801F67C.jpg
  • 1546

    Michelangelo designs St. Peter's Basilica

    Michelangelo is “appointed chief architect for the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica” in 1546 (Arts and Humanities Through the Eras. Ed. Edward I. Bleiberg, James Allan Evans, Kristen Mossler Figg, Philip M. Soergel, and John Block Friedman. Vol. 4: Renaissance Europe 1300-1600. Detroit: Gale, 2005. p425-426. From Gale Virtual Reference Library.),
    Named here as an example of a famous Renaissance building.