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Renaissance

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  • Sep 25, 1334

    Giotto is put in charge of public works in Florence

    Giotto is put in charge of public works in Florence
    He is generally considered the first in a line of great artists who contributed to the Italian Renaissance. That Giotto painted the Arena Chapel and that he was chosen by the Comune of Florence in 1334 to design the new campanile of the Florence Cathedral.
  • Jan 1, 1347

    Black Death

    Black Death
    Black Death ravages Europe for the first time.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1347 to

    Renaissance Timeline

  • Nov 20, 1417

    Brunelleschi creates the dome of Florence Cathedral

    Brunelleschi creates the dome of Florence Cathedral
    The Duomo, as it is ordinarily called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi
  • Jan 3, 1435

    The Descent from the Cross

    The Descent from the Cross
    It is a panel painting by the Flemish artist Rogier van der Weyden created c. 1435.
  • Aug 1, 1452

    Gates of paradise

    Gates of paradise
    Ghiberti wins the competition for the Florence Baptistry doors
  • Dec 26, 1455

    First printed book, the Gutenberg Bible is published

    First printed book, the Gutenberg Bible is published
    the first major book printed with a movable type printing press, outside of the Korean Jikji, which predates it by a comfortable margin, marking the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of the printed book.
  • Jan 1, 1462

    Basilica di Sant'Andrea di Mantova

    Basilica di Sant'Andrea di Mantova
    The church was begun in 1462 according to designs by Leon Battista Alberti on a site occupied by a Benedictine monastery. However, was finished only 328 years later.
  • Jun 23, 1498

    Last Supper

    Last Supper
    Mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and his duchess Beatrice d'Este.
  • Jan 5, 1500

    Pieta

    Pieta
    Made by Michelangelo, this sculpture is in San Peter Basilica.
  • Jan 1, 1502

    Donato Bramante built San Pietro in Montorio

    Donato Bramante built San Pietro in Montorio
    San Pietro in Montorio is a church in Rome, Italy, which includes in its courtyard The Tempietto (a small commemorative martyrium) built by Donato Bramante.
  • Sep 25, 1504

    Scultpure: David

    Scultpure: David
    Michelangelo: David
  • Sep 15, 1505

    Mona Lisa

    Mona Lisa
    Mona Lisa: Leonardo Da Vinci.
  • May 5, 1511

    The Parnassus

    The Parnassus
    The Parnassus is a painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael.
  • Oct 26, 1517

    Start of the Reformation, heavily influenced by Humanist thinking.

    Start of the Reformation, heavily influenced by Humanist thinking.
    the Reformation created a political and religious culture in northern Europe that was especially hostile to the spirit of free inquiry and scholarship that characterized Humanism.Because the Protestant Reformation owed so much to the developments of Humanism and the work done by humanists to change how people thought.
  • Mar 28, 1558

    Begining of "Golden Age" in England

    Begining of "Golden Age" in England
    Elizabeth I succeeds to the throne in England: start of the English “Golden Age”.
  • Feb 18, 1564

    Death of Michelangelo

    Death of Michelangelo
    Death of Michelangelo