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Period: 1300 to 1527
Renaissance
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1420
Florence Cathedral´s dome, by Brunelleschi
The Cathedral of Florence is know as Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower. When it was created, it was the largest dome in the world and is located in Florence, Italy. It started in 1296 in the Gothic style thought of a design by Arnolfo di Cambio, and it was structurally finished in 1436, with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the cathedral is composed of polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink, bordered by white, work of Emilio De Fabris. -
1498
Pietá, by Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Pietà also known as Vatican Piety, is a sculpture in white marble. Was designed by Michelangelo Buonarroti also known as Miguel Ángel. Cardinal Saint Denis ordered it to be done, and is located in the chapel of the Crucifix of St. Peter's Basilica. The Pietà represents the Virgin María taking his son's body. -
1509
The school of Athens, by Raphael Sanzio
The school of Athens, is a painting between 1509 and 1511 by a Renaissance Italian artist called Raphael Sanzio this painting is located in Astolic Palace in a room of Pope Julius II in the Vatican. The painting represents the congretions of philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists. In the centre there are two thinkers in the right side we see Aristotle and in the left side we can see Plato. -
1555
Peace of Augsburg
The Peace of Augsburg, also known as Augsburg Settlement it was a treaty between the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Charles V and the Schmalkaldic League, at the imperial city of Augsburg.The Peace allowed the state princes to select either Lutheranism or Catholicism as the religion of their domain and permitted the free emigration of habitants who dissented, as the official confession of their state. -
1579
The signment of the Union of Utrecht
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1579
The signment of the Union of Arras
The Union of Arras, it was an alliance of a number of provinces in the southern of Habsburg Netherlands that were: County of Artois, the County of Hainaut and the city of Douai, in early 1579 during the Eighty Years' War. Dissatisfied with the religious policies of rebel leader Prince of Orange and the States General of the Netherlands, who signed a declaration on 6 January 1579. -
The defeat of the Spanish Armanda by England
The British Navy defeated the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines in the coast of France. The Spanish Armada was a powerful fleet of armed ships and transports that tried to invade England. The defeat at Gravelines ended Spain’s hopes of invasion. The failure of the Armada was a great blow to the prestige of Spain, then the world’s most powerful country. Spain remained a major power after the battle. -
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Baroque art
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Apollo and Daphne by Bernini
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Saint Peter´s square project by Bernini
The Saint Peter´s square is arguably the most famous building in Vatican City, and certainly the largest. Is composed by a monumental elliptical space enclosed by 284 Doric columns four rows deep. Laid it out during the pontificates of Alexander VII and of Clement IX. The author of the monument is Gian Lorenzo Bernini that was elected by the Pope to do it -
The Spinners by Velazquez
Las Hilanderas by Diego Velazquez is a complex painting that depicts women working at the Royal Tapestry Factory of Santa Isabel in Madrid. The iconography of the painting suggests the Fable of Arachne, where Athena challenged Arachne to weave better than her, and being offended by her hubris, transformed her into a spider. Velazquez used chiaroscuro to create high contrast and an overall atmospheric perspective which adds depth to the painting. -
Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David
The Oath of the Horatii, represent depicting a scene from Roman legend, created a sensation when it debuted and remains one of the best-known Neoclassical paintings. It depicts three men, brothers, saluting toward three swords held up by their father as the women behind him grieve. The revolutionary painting changed French art but was David also calling for another kind of revolution. -
Carlos IV of Spain and his family by Francisco de Goya
The painting of Carlos IV of Spain and his family was painted in Aranjuez and Madrid after Goya was named First Chamber Painter. The painting is conserved on the Prado Museum. The scene is presided over by Queen María Luisa de Parma and King Carlos IV, at the center. Beside them are their children, the infante Francisco de Paula and the infanta María Isabel. On the left are the Prince of Asturias. Fernando VII the infante Carlos María de Isidro the infanta María Josefa