Timeline of Renaissance and Martin Luther

Cultural Differences

1300

Each class was treated worse and worse by the groups on top with the peasants being treated the worst. Each one had its own amount of wealth and wealth was the what determined where you were put. If you were Nobility, you were rich and had power. Townspeople had some money but were mostly poor. Peasents had no money and were bought.

The Italian Renaissance

Period: 1300 to 1600

It was a time period after the middle ages in which there was a big new way of arts, artists, and literary cultures. Evolving began to occur sometime after the Middle Ages, this involves the majority of Europe like Italy, England, and France. This had the revival of culture and cities as writers and artists started to rise.

Population

Period: 1300 to 1600

As a whole, the Renaissance still used the hierarchy type of politics and wealth classes. About 2-3% of the population was Nobility. 7-13% was townspeople and 85-90% were peasants.

Culture

1350

The culture during the Renaissance was an interesting one compared to the previous Middle Ages. They had many different styles but, most people wanted most during the Renaissance was literature, art, intelligence, and humanities. These styles were all influenced by the great artists of the time period.

A Patron of the Arts

1397

In Italy, merchants dominated politics because of the money they pulled in. The Medici family knew this for the beginning of their life, until, they had gained a mass amount of wealth due to them created the concept of the modern day bank system. They would use this money to buy paintings and paid artists to paint for them.

Another Patron

Period: 1398 to 1600

The Pope also had a big influence. The church was still in high power at the time and had a great influence on the people along with the rich and King and Queen.They too would buy expensive paintings and pay artists.

Humanism

Feb 26, 1400

The concept of humanism was made during the beginning of the Renaissance. It enstals the study of human, their behaviour, their mind, philosophy.

Oil Paints

1410

One of the most revolutionary inventions of the time, oil paints. This was discovered by a man named Jan van Eyck. This would influence painters the be more detailed and paintings became more lifelike.

Leonardo de Vinci

1452

He's is one of the most rememberable people from the Renaissance. Most of you know him. I was the one responsible for many concepts and inventions that were ahead of their time and famous paintings that are still seen today.

Michelangelo

Mar 6, 1475

Another popular artist. He not only did sculpting, he also painted and architect. He was most known for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and his sculptures of David

Raphael

Apr 6, 1483

Raphael was mostly known by people. He was a painter and architect. He mostly valued the depictions of the Virgin Mary. The majority of his works included her in them

Martin Luther

Nov 10, 1483

Martin Luther was a German monk that worked in the Church. He did this by criticising the Church's words with a document called the 95 Theses.

Armored Car

1485

Another one was the armored “car”. It was the main inspiration of the modern tank. He made the designs to make sure that Ludovico Sforza, the duke of Milan could travel safely. The gears were intentionally reversed so it couldn’t be plagiarized it and/or no one could steal it and use it for something like war.

Titian

1488

Although not as popular today, He was back then. Tiziano Vecellio, or Titian, made paintings for various popes and was one of the more popular artists to hire at the time. He painted Assunption of the Virgin for the church Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Vienice, Italy.

Robotic Knight

1495

One other was the robotic knight in 1495. This was shown off to the Duke of Milan. It was a suit of armor rigged with gears, wheels, and pulleys. This would later eventually help the concepts of the pulley system and a way to make robotic life.

Scuba Gear

1500

Leonardo da Vinci is a man that was over 300 years in time and built many amazing designs. One is similar to the modern day of Scuba gear. He had made n concept of an underwater suit made of leather, protective mask, with goggles and breathing tubes.

Corruption (Pt 1)

Mar 1, 1500

Corruption began to become an issue in the church. The pope at the time, Pope Leo X, was forcing people to, what others believed, to be lies and a way to get money from the people. They were right.

Corruption (Pt. 2)

Aug 13, 1500

Corruption continues with the introduction of indulgences. These were made to get you or another person's way to Heaven faster. This done by paying money and you would just get a piece of paper. This was done to get more money to fund the rebuilding of the Church.

Corruption (Pt. 3)

Aug 23, 1500

Not only were they selling indulgences, they were selling positions in the church. This allowed rich people to come in and corrupt the church even more. With all this, there was one big problem, the King fighting with the church for power over the people. This sparked a German monk to fight against the church.

Mona Lisa

Apr 3, 1503

One of, if not the most famous painting made by Leonardo de Vinci. This painting was made when the use of shading and the human body was more understood.

Rewriting the Bible

Mar 12, 1512

Martin Luther went on to criticize the Church by not only his followers spreading the word, He stated that the Bible should be in the hands of everyone. He later spent his time translating the Bible from Latin to German.

95 Theses

1517

Martin Luther made these as a retaliation, in a way, against the church. These were made to criticize the church and fight its corruption.

Astronomy

1543

With Galliano inventing the telescope, the world of stars was opened up to, well most people. After this, the Heliocentric Solar System Theory was proven and improved and changed astronomy was changed forever.

Scientific Method

1561

Francis Bacon was the one to think of this concept. Although not invented in the Renaissance, it was improved upon. It would go on to solve many problems the world would have and help make and explain other concepts.