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By samuel.c
  • 1436

    Florence Cathedral's dome, by Brunelleschi

    https://duomo.firenze.it/en/discover/dome
    Florence Cathedral's dome by Filippo Brunelleschi was started the summer of 1420, and it was completed (except for the lantern) in 1436.
    This building marked the beginning of the Renaissance.
    To complete it, various stages of construction were built to give stability to the bricks were laid, also Brunelleschi used innovative machines.
    The structure rises to a height of 54 meters. It has been calculated that over 4 millions of bricks were used.
  • 1499

    The Pietà, by Michelangelo Buonarroti

    https://www.culturagenial.com/es/escultura-piedad-de-miguel-angel/
    The Pietà (1498-1499) is a sculpture of Renaissance made by Michelangelo Buonarroti, in St. Peter's Basilica( Vatican City).The sculpture made by marble, was made for the funeral monuments. It's from Northern origin. It is an important work as it balances the Renaissance ideals of classical beauty with naturalism.
    This famous work of art represents the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Maria after the Crucifixion.
  • Period: 1500 to

    The Reinassance

    https://www.britannica.com/event/Renaissance
    The Renaissance, which means "rebirth" in French, refers to a period in European history from 1500 to 1600, depending on the country. It's between the periods of the Middle Ages and modern ages. The Renaissance is most closely associated with Italy, where it began in the 14th century, though countries such as Germany, England and France went through many of the same cultural changes, politically, socially and economically.
  • 1511

    School of Athens, by Raphael Sanzio

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/School-of-Athens
    School of Athens was a fresco (1508–1511) painted by the artist Raphael, in the Stanza della Segnatura, a room in Pope Julius II’s private apartments in the Vatican. It is the most famous of all of Raphael’s paintings and one of the most significant artworks of the Renaissance.
    The School of Athens is a painting showing Plato and Aristotle surrounded by philosophers, past and present, meeting in a architectural place.
  • Period: 1520 to 1521

    The revolt of the Comuneros in Castilla

    https://historylab.es/es/revuelta-de-los-comuneros-de-castilla/
    It took place during the reign of Carlos I, between 1520-1521. It was an army formed by the community members from the cities. This has being understood as an anti-lord revolt, as one of the first bourgeois revolutions, or even as an anti-tax movement. The arrival of Carlos I to Castilla, barely knowing how to speak Spanish and bringing with him a large number of Flemish nobles and clerics like Corte make a revolt.
  • Period: 1568 to

    The Eighty Years War

    https://www.britannica.com/event/Eighty-Years-War
    Eighty Years’ War, (1568–1648), the war of Netherlands independence from Spain, which led to the separation of the northern and southern Netherlands and to the formation of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (the Dutch Republic). The first phase of the war began with two unsuccessful invasions. By the end of 1573 the Geuzen had captured, converted to Calvinism, and secured against Spanish attack the provinces of Holland and Zeeland.
  • Period: 1568 to 1571

    The rebellion of Alpujarras

    https://time.graphics/period/1545844
    The rebellion of the Alpujarras of 1568–71,, was the second revolt against the Castilian Crown in the Alpujarra region. The rebels were Moriscos, the Catholic descendants of the Mudéjares following the first rebellion of the Alpujarras (1499–1501).
    The Muslims under Christian rule were obliged to convert to Christianity, known as "Moriscos".
    Discontent about new "Moriscos" led to a second rebellion, starting in December 1568 and lasting till March 1571.

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada by England (1588)

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Armada-Spanish-naval-fleet
    At midnight on August 7–8 (July 28–29), the English armada launched eight fire ships before the wind went into the Spanish flat, forcing the Spanish ships to cut their cables to avoid fire. The English ships now closed to effective range. The Spanish ship's heavy guns were not mounted. By the morning of August 9 (July 30), at the last minute, however, the wind shifted and allowed them to shape a safe course to the northwards.

  • Apollo and Daphne by Bernini

    https://borghese.gallery/collection/sculpture/apollo-and-daphne.html
    Apollo and Daphne it's a marble sculpture in the Baroque style, made by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini and executed in 1622-1625, you can find it in the Borghese Gallery in Rome, this work represents the history of Apollo and Daphne (Phoebe and Daphne). It represents Daphne and Apollo catched in a cupid's arrow, representing their love they had between them, it's very detailed.

  • Saint Peter's square project, by Bernini

    http://stpetersbasilica.info/Exterior/Square/Square.htm
    The piazza of St. Peter's was built by Bernini between 1657-1667.
    Once the basilica had been built, it was felt that a space should be created to contain the mass of people who would stay there for the celebrations like the Feast of Corpus Christi. It was Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667) who decided to build the square. In 1656, Alexander VII gave the direction of the work to Gian Lorenzo Bernini who completed it between 1657 and 1667.

  • The Spinners by Diego Velazquez

    https://www.diego-velazquez.org/the-spinners.jsp
    The Spinners by Diego Velazquez(1657) is a complex painting that depicts women working at the Royal Tapestry Factory of Santa Isabel in Madrid. Velazquez used chiaroscuro to create high contrast and an atmospheric perspective which adds depth to the painting.The work was created for King Philip IV’s, against pride or everyeay life painting. Despite this uncertainty surrounding the motivation behind the painting.
  • Period: to

    Baroque

    https://www.britannica.com/art/Baroque-art-and-architecture
    Baroque, meaning ‘irregular pearl or stone’, refers to a cultural and art movement that characterized Europe from the early 17th to 1850th century.
    The Baroque era was very much defined by the influences of art which came before the Renaissance. Many history scholars have argued that Baroque art was only the end of Renaissance. Others have argued that events like the Protestant Reformationchanged the way Europeans artists saw the world.
  • Period: to

    Neoclassical art

    https:ww.britannica.com/art/Neoclassicism
    Neoclassical art was a widespread and influential movement in painting and the other visual arts that began in the 1760, and lasted until the 1840 and 1850s. Neoclassicism in the arts is based on the art of Greece and Rome in antiquity, which involvded harmony, clarity, restraint, universality, and idealism. Neoclassicism always refers to the art produced later but inspired by antiquity.

  • Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oath-of-the-Horatii
    Oath of the Horatii its an oil painting by the artist Jacques-Louis David that was completed in 1785. The work, depicting a scene from Roman legend, created a sensation that remains one of the best-known Neoclassical paintings.
    David is one of the most important painters. He painted for Napoleon. As well, David was the father of the Neoclassical art movement, which depicted classical myths and history as analyzation of contemporary politics.

  • Charles IV and his family by Francisco de Goya

    https://www.wikiart.org/es/francisco-de-goya/carlos-iv-de-espana-y-de-su-familia-1800
    Charles IV of Spain and His Family is an oil painting portrait by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya He began to work on the painting in 1800, and completed it in the summer of 1801 .The portrait features life-sized depictions of Charles IV of Spain and his family, dressed in fine costume and jewellery, in the painting there are Charles IV, Maria Luisa of Parma, who are surrounded by their children and relatives