renaissance timeline

By noura97
  • Period: Apr 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519

    leonardo da vinci

  • Period: Apr 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543

    copernicus

  • Period: Oct 15, 1475 to Aug 18, 1564

    michelangelo

  • Mar 9, 1477

    sistine chapel

    sistine chapel
    the sistine chapel is the best known chapel in the apolostic palace in vatican city. it is famous for the architecture and its decoration.
  • Period: Jun 22, 1483 to Jan 31, 1520

    raphael

  • Mar 9, 1495

    the last supper

    the last supper
    the last supper specifically portrays the the reaction given by each apostle when jesus said one of them would betray him
  • May 20, 1510

    the school of athens

    the school of athens
    the school of athens was painted in 1510-1511 as a part of raphael's to decorate the rooms of apostolic palace in vatican city and was the 2nd painting to be finished there.
  • Period: Mar 5, 1518 to

    mercator

  • Sep 16, 1537

    mercator's great atlas

    mercator's great atlas
    in this atlas, mercator described the world's history. he was the first to make a map of the british isles and was an instrument maker and engraver. he made the first map of flanders.
  • Period: Feb 15, 1564 to

    galileo

  • telescope

    telescope
    the telescope that galileo made was created in 1601. galileo greatly improved on the ideas of a telescope after 3 scientists started.

  • thermometer

    thermometer
    galileo was deterred from avowing his opinions by the fear of ridicule rather than of persecution.

  • mona lisa

    mona lisa
    16th century portrait painted in oil on poplar panel by leonardo da vinci during the renaissance in florence, italy. it took da vinci 13 years to finish this painting, and is considered the world's masterpiece.

  • statue of david

    statue of david
    the statue of david was created out of marble rock from the quarries. this statue showed his extraordinary technical skills and strength of symbolic imagination

  • theory about the sun

    theory about the sun
    copernicus invented the theory that the sun was at the center pf the universe and that the planets revolve around the sun. he also theorized that the earth was on an axiz.

  • de revolutions

    de revolutions
    this book was copernicus's famous piece of work. this book is about the heavenly bodies. copernicus marked the beginning of scientific revolution and astronomy.