The Renaissance

By jeckard
  • Period: Jan 1, 1350 to

    Timespan of the Renaissance

  • Mar 10, 1401

    Lorenzo Ghiberti sprnds 50 years creating gilded doors for the baptistry of Florence.

  • Sep 9, 1420

    Brunelleschi caps the Florence cathedral with a giant dome1420-1436.

    The completed dome was twice as high as the famous dome of Constaninople's Hagia Sophia.
  • Apr 13, 1430

    Donatello sculpts David.

    Donatello was the first European sculptor since ancient times to make a free-standing human figure in the nude.
  • Mar 10, 1500

    Nicolaus Copernicus developed the sun-centered theory.

  • Mar 10, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa from 1503-1507.

    Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa from 1503-1507.
    The Mona Lisa is now know as the most famous painting in history and was one of DaVinci's favorite works.
  • Mar 10, 1508

    Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling from 1508-1512.

    Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling from 1508-1512.
    This job was comissioned by Pope Julius II and is one of the most renouned artworks of the High Renaissance.

  • Galileo Galilei designs the pendulum clock.

    Galileo Galilei designs the pendulum clock.
    He made up the theory while watching a chandelier swing back and forth in church.

  • Willian Harvey developed the theory on how blood circulates.

    Willian Harvey developed the theory on how blood circulates.

  • Robert Hooke used a microscope to discover plant cells.

  • Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the mercuty thermometer.

    Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the mercuty thermometer.