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Period: 476 to Mar 9, 1350
middle ages
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Jan 1, 1386
Donatello
Donatello left Ghiberti's workshop and journeyed to Rome to study ancient ruins. When he returned to Florence he was eager to make free-standing statues that looked real and alive -
Jan 1, 1401
Lorenzo Ghilberti
The wool manufactures' guild wanted an artist to create new doors for the Batistry of the local catherdral so they held a contest, Ghilberti won and he spent the next 50 years of his life creating two bronze doors for the babtistry. -
Jan 1, 1420
Brunelleschi
Architect that was working on the cathedral of Florence. His genius was recognized in 1420 when he proposed to cap the cathedral with a giant dome, -
Jan 1, 1425
Masaccio the fourth genius of Florence
Masaccio changed painting as profoundly as Donatello changed sculture. He was comissioned in 1425 to decorate a chapel in florence using his new technique in a fresco called "The Healing of the Cripple and the Resurrection of Tabitha" -
Jan 1, 1453
Johannes Gutenberg
Invention of the printing press. After the fall of constantinople and during the Renaissance, great advances occurred in geography, astronomy, chemistry, physics, mathematics, manufacturing, and engineering. -
Jan 1, 1566
Machiavelli
Author of the book called "The Prince" the book was advice to rulers -
Gabriel Fahrenheit
he invented the mercury thermometer
