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Mar 25, 1420
Florence cathedral´s
The dome is an absolute masterpiece of art, enchanting the world since the moment of its creation: the symbol of Florence, of Renaissance culture, and of all Western humanism. The dome was built between 1420 and 1436 to a plan by Filippo Brunelleschi, and is still the largest masonry vault in the world. -
1498
Pietá, by Michelangelo
The Vatican Pieta or Pietà is a marble sculpture group made by Michelangelo between 1498 and 1499. Its dimensions are 1.74 by 1.95 m. It is located in Vatican City. The sculpture represents the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ after the crucifixion. A work of art that represents the Virgin Mary, mother holding the dead body of Jesus Christ, is known as pietà or piety. -
Period: 1500 to
Renaissance
The term Renaissance (French for “rebirth”) was coined by Europeans in the 19th century. These historians began to portray the Renaissance as something uniquely European, giving rise to narratives about the “rise of the West.” The Renaissance is a cultural phenomenon that takes up the principles of classical antiquity and updates them through humanism. -
1509
The school of Athens by Raphael sanzio 1509
The School of Athens is a depiction of philosophy. The scene takes place in classical times, as both the architecture and the garments indicate. Figures representing each subject that must be mastered in order to hold a true philosophic debate - astronomy, geometry, arithmetic, and solid geometry - are depicted in concrete form. The arbiters of this rule, the main figures, Plato and Aristotle, are shown in the centre, engaged in such a dialogue. -
Period: 1520 to 1521
The revolt of the communeros in castilla
The War of the Communities of Castile, or revolt of the commoners, took place during the reign of Charles I, between 1520-1522. It was an armed uprising led by the so-called community members from the cities of the Castilian interior, with Toledo and Valladolid at the head of the uprising.It occurred on April 23, 1521 in Villalar de los Comuneros (Valladolid). He confronted the troops of Carlos I with the troops of the commoners, led by Juan de Padilla, Juan Bravo and Francisco Maldonado. WON!! -
Period: 1568 to
The 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 Eighty Years' War broke Spain's power in the Low Countries and divided the region into what eventually became the Netherlands in the north and the countries of Belgium and Luxembourg in the south. -
Period: 1568 to 1571
The rebellion of the alpujarras
The War of the Alpujarras was a conflict in which the desperate aspiration to restore the political, economic, religious and social situation that disappeared due to the fall of the Nasrid Sultanate in 1492 was faced with an unwavering determination to maintain control of the Kingdom of Granada to assimilate it completely to the rest of the Hispanic Monarchy. -
The defeat of the Spanish armada by England(1588)
The navy included 19,000 infantry, 7,000 sailors, 1,000 knights of fortune, 180 clerics, and 130 ships. On May 25, 1588, the Duke of Medina Sidonia...Spanish ships were slower and less equipped for the bad weather than the English ships. The English ships had cannon they could fire at a safe distance and could be reloaded quickly. The design of the Spanish cannon meant that they could only fire over short distances and were slow to re-load. -
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Baroque art
The term baroque, derived from the Portuguese "barocco", meaning "pearl or irregular stone", refers to a cultural and artistic movement that characterized Europe from the early 17th century to the mid-18th century.Some of the qualities most frequently associated with the Baroque are grandeur, sensuous richness, drama, vitality, movement, tension, emotional exuberance, and a tendency to blur distinctions between the various arts. -
Apollo and Daphne by Bernini(1622)
The sculpture was the last of a series of works commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese at the beginning of Bernini’s career. Apollo and Daphne’s sculpture was ordered after Borghese transferred the earlier work of his patronage, Bernini’s Pluto and Persephone, to Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi. Most of the work was done in 1622-23, but there was a pause, most probably for work on the sculpture of David, which interrupted its completion, and the artist did not finish the work until 1625. -
Saint Peter’s square project by Bernini(1656)
The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the façade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace". -
The Spinners by Velazquez (1657)
The Spinners is a painting by the Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, in the Museo del Prado of Madrid, Spain. It is also known by the title The Fable of Arachne. Most scholars regard it as a late work by the artist, dating from 1657-58, but some argue that it was done c. 1644-48.Velázquez scholar Jonathan Brown writes that Las Hilanderas and Las Meninas are arguably Velázquez's "two greatest paintings.... -
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Neoclassical art
Neoclassicism literally means 'new classicism' or a revival of classical values. The word is used as a style label and is applied to aspects of the arts of the later 18th and early 19th centuries. Some of the common characteristics seen in all Neoclassical art:
symmetry,unemotional telling of events,simplicity of line, form, and color,balance of straight lines and geometric shapes,use of science, mathematics, and natural law,non-fantastical view of the surrounding world and events. -
Oath of horatii by Jacques-Louis David(1784)
In 1785 visitors to the Paris Salon (the official art exhibition organized by the Academy of Fine Arts) were transfixed by one painting, Jacques-Louis David’s Oath of the Horatii. It depicts three men, brothers, saluting toward three swords held up by their father as the women behind him grieve—no one had ever seen a painting like it. Similar subjects had always been seen in the Salons before but the physicality and intense emotion of the painting was new and undeniable. -
Carlos 4º ofspain and his family by san Francisco goya(1800)
Goya began working on the sketches—of which the Prado preserves five—in the spring of 1800. He painted the final version between July 1800 and June 1801, sending the account in December 1801. It belonged to the private collections of the Royal Palace of Madrid, where it appears in the 1814 inventory. It became part of the newly founded Prado Museum in 1824, by order of King Ferdinand VII, who appears portrayed in the painting.