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1420
Florence Cathedral's dome, by Brunelleschi
The dome was the largest dome in the world after the fall of the Roman Empire and is still considered the largest ever made in masonry. It was designed, designed and built by Filippo Brunelleschi. It is considered one of the most important constructions built in Europe since Roman times, due to the fundamental relevance it has played for the subsequent development of architecture and the modern conception of construction. This structure had been planned since the 1300s -
1498
Pietá, by Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Pietà is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter's Basilica. was made for the cardinal's funeral monument, but was moved to its current location, the first chapel on the right as one enters the basilica, in the 18th century. This famous work of art depicts the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion. It is an important work as it balances the Renaissance ideals of classical beauty with naturalism. -
Period: 1501 to
Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity Associated with great social change in most fields and disciplines, including art, architecture, politics, literature, exploration and science, the Renaissance was first centered in the Republic of Florence, then spread to the rest of Italy and later throughout Europe. The Renaissance's basis was founded in version of humanism -
1507
The school of Athens, by Raphael Sanzio
The School of Athens represents all the greatest mathematicians, philosophers and scientists from classical antiquity gathered together sharing their ideas and learning from each other. The School of Athens is a complex allegory of secular knowledge, or philosophy, showing Plato and Aristotle surrounded by philosophers, past and present, in a splendid architectural setting; it illustrates the historical continuity of Platonic thought. -
Period: 1520 to 1521
The revolt of the Comuneros in Castilla
In 1519, Carlos was elected Holy Roman Emperor. The rebels chose Carlos' own mother, as an alternative ruler, hoping they could control her madness. The rebel movement took on a radical anti-feudal dimension. On April 1521, after nearly a year of rebellion, the reorganized supporters of the emperor to the comuneros at the Battle of Villalar. The army of the comuneros fell apart. Only the city of Toledo kept alive the rebellion led by María Pacheco, until its surrender in October 1521. -
Period: 1568 to 1568
The rebellion of the Alpujarras
Muslims under Christian rule were obliged to convert to Christianity, becoming a nominally Catholic population known as "Moriscos". Among the new Moriscos led to a second rebellion, by a Morisco known as Aben Humeya, starting in December 1568 and lasting till March 1571. This violent conflict took place mainly in the mountainous Alpujarra region, on the southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada between Granada city and the Mediterranean coast, and is often known as the War of the Alpujarras. -
Period: 1568 to
The Eighty Year War
The 80 Years' War was the revolt of the Netherlands against Spanish domination. In this long conflict, the Netherlands sought to free themselves both economically and politically from Spain. As a wealthy territory, the Dutch no longer wanted to fund Spain's many European wars. The causes of the war included the Reformation, centralisation, excessive taxation, and the rights and privileges of the Dutch nobility and cities. -
The defeat of the Spanish Armada, by England
The Spanish Armada was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán Duke of Medina Sidonia. The Armada was difficult to attack because it sailed in a ‘crescent’ shape. While the Armada tried to get in touch with the Spanish army, the English ships attacked fiercely, an important reason why the English were able to defeat the Armada was that the wind blew the Spanish ships northwards. the Spanish suffered defeat after the English -
Apollo and Daphne, by Bernini
Apollo and Daphne was the last of a number of important works commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese from Gian Lorenzo Bernini that helped to define Baroque sculpture. The myth of Apollo and Daphne is a story describing what happens when lust faces rejection. It's a tale about the power of love, the power of Cupid (or Eros in Greek) who can even blind the most powerful amongst the Greek Gods. In the myth, Apollo falls madly in love with Daphne, a woman sworn to remain a virgin. -
Saint Peter's square project, by Bernini
Is a large plaza located in Vatican City in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy. It was initially planned in the 15th century by Pope Nicholas V and then Pope Julius II to replace the ageing Old St. Peter's Basilica, which was built in the fourth century by Roman emperor Constantine the Great. The piazza is built at the site where St Peter was killed. Peter requested to be crucified upside down, he felt unworthy to die the same manner as Christ. -
The Spinners, by Velázquez
The mythological story of the contest between the goddess Athena and the mortal woman Arachne was perhaps told best by the Roman poet Ovid in his Metamorphoses. The painting has been interpreted as an allegory of the arts and even as a commentary on the range of creative endeavor, with the fine arts represented by the goddess and the crafts represented by Arachne. The first and most commonly interpretation was representing contemporary women working in the Santa Isabel tapestry shop. -
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Baroque art
Baroque era was very much defined by the influences of the major art movement which came before the Renaissance. So much so that many art history scholars have argued that Baroque art was simply the end of the Renaissance and never existed as a cultural or historical phenomenon. It refers to a cultural and art movement that characterized Europe from the early 17th-18th century. Baroque emphasizes dramatic, exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted, detail. -
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Neoclassical
Neoclassical art, a widespread and influential movement in painting and the other visual arts that began in the 1760s, and lasted until the 1840s. Neoclassicism in the arts is an aesthetic attitude based on the art of Greece and Rome in antiquity, which invokes harmony, clarity, restraint, universality, and idealism. In painting it generally took the form of an emphasis on austere linear design in the depiction of Classical themes and subject matter. -
Oath of the Horatii, by Jacques-Louis David
Is a large painting by the French artist Jacques-Louis David painted in 1784 and now on display in the Louvre in Paris. The painting immediately became a huge success with critics and the public and remains one of the best-known paintings in the Neoclassical style.It depicts a scene from a Roman legend about a seventh-century BC dispute between two warring cities, Rome and Alba Longa, and stresses the importance of patriotism and masculine self-sacrifice for one's country -
Carlos IV of Spain and his family, by Francisco de Goya
Carlos IV of Spain and His Family is an oil-on-canvas group portrait painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. He began work on the painting in 1800, after he became First Chamber Painter to the royal family, and completed it in the summer of 1801. The portrait features life-sized depictions of Charles IV of Spain and his family, ostentatiously dressed in fine costume and jewellery. In the painting are Carlos IV and his wife, Maria Luisa, who are surrounded by their children and relatives