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Jan 1, 1400
Origins of renaissnce art
The origins of Renaissance art can be traced to Italy in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. -
Jan 1, 1400
Counter Reformation
through its definitive break with Roman Catholicism, arose to take its place on the Christian map. -
Jan 1, 1434
Early renaissance art
later in the 14th century, the proto Renaissance was stifled by plague and the war, and its influences did not emerge again until the first years of the next century. -
Jan 1, 1434
Florence in the renaissance
Much of the art made in the early Renaissance was commissioned by the wealthy merchant families of Florence. -
Jan 1, 1450
Culture
During the Middle Ages, individuals were expected to devote their lives to the church above all else. -
Feb 25, 1453
Printing Press
The printing press allowed for information to be distributed to a wide audience. -
Jan 1, 1456
Protestant Reformation
the Protestant Reformation arose within Roman Catholicism; there both its positive accomplishments and its negative effects had their roots. -
Jan 1, 1457
Renaissance art in practice
Many Renaissance works were painted as altarpieces for incorporation into rituals associated with Catholic Mass and donated by patrons who sponsored the Mass itself. -
Jan 1, 1459
Womens daily life
Women were generally subordinated to male authority and their property taken into men's hands. both gendered theory and its practical instrument. -
Jan 1, 1490
High renaissance art
Rome had displaced Florence as the principal center of Renaissance art, reaching a high point under the powerful and ambitious Pope Leo X. -
Jan 1, 1497
Expansion and decline
Van Eyck was one of the most important artists of the Northern Renaissance. -
Feb 25, 1502
gun Powder
Gun powder was invented during this time perod -
Feb 25, 1507
clock
the clock was invented in this time period too -
Feb 25, 1509
silk
silk was another thing that was invented in this time period that changed the middle ages. -
Feb 25, 1517
dating the reformation
Luther and the other reformers became the first to skillfully use the power of the printing press to give their ideas a wide audience. -
Feb 25, 1523
The reformation legacy
Northern Europe’s new religious and political freedoms came at a great cost, with decades of rebellions, wars and bloody persecutions. -
Feb 25, 1543
The Scientific Revolution
This was a time of great strides in science and mathematics. -
Feb 25, 1549
Intellectual and religious revolution
The discoveries of astronomers and explorers were redrawing the cosmos in a way that was profoundly disturbing. -
Feb 25, 1560
Literature and the age
These years produced a gallery of authors of genius, some of whom have never been surpassed, and conferred on scores of lesser talents the enviable ability to write with fluency. -
Feb 25, 1563
The counter reformation
The Catholic Church was slow to respond systematically to the theological and publicity innovations of Luther and the other reformers. -
Feb 25, 1564
Science and Art
Science and art were very closely related during this time. -
Feb 25, 1571
Social conditions
In this period England’s population doubled prices rocketed, rents followed, and old social loyalties dissolved. -
Mona lisa
The poplar panel shows evidence of warping and was stabilized in 1951 with the addition of an oak frame and in 1970 with four vertical braces. -
Spreading of Knowledge
Around 1450, German citizen Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, and with it came an increasingly informed society. -
Roman Catholicism
The most traumatic era in the entire history of Roman Catholicism, some have argued, was the period from the middle of the 14th century to the middle of the 16th. -
The race for cultural development
The Tudors needed to create a class of educated diplomats, statesmen, and officials and to dignify their court by making it a fount of cultural as well as political patronage.
