Renissance Review By painkiller Jan 1, 1305 Giotto paints fresco Mourning of Christ (lamentation) Jan 1, 1321 Dante writes Divine Comedy Jan 1, 1336 Ghiberti creates Gates of Paradise Jan 1, 1384 Brunelleschi creates Duomo (Dome of Florence) Jan 1, 1417 Donatello creates statue of St. George Jan 1, 1427 Massaccio paints Expulsion Jan 1, 1432 Boticelli paints La Primavera Jan 1, 1434 Jan Van Eyck paints the Arnolfini Portrait Jan 1, 1440 Donatello sculpts first nude statue David Jan 1, 1450 Gutenberg prints Bible using movable type (printing press) Jan 1, 1483 Chaucer writes Canterbury Tales Jan 1, 1500 Italian Renaissance Begins Jan 1, 1503 Da Vinci paints Mona Lisa Jan 1, 1510 Raphael paints School of Athens Jan 1, 1512 Michelangelo paints ceiling of Sistine Chapel Jan 1, 1513 Machiavelli writes The Prince