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Renaissance is the name given in the 19th century to a broad cultural movement that occurred in Western Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries. It was a transitional period between the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Modern Age. -
A movement known as humanism developed, humanists studied Greek and Roman civilizations, spreading their legacy for centuries to come. -
Johannes Gutenberg takes up his invention called the printing press for the first time, allowing a greater diffusion of knowledge. -
In Florence, Santo Boticelli painted "The Birth of Venus" between the years 1484 and 1485 -
Leonardo da Vinci painted "La Gioconda" in Florence between 1503 and 1506.
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Pope Julio II commissioned Michelangelo to decorate the Sistine Chapel which he painted during the years 1508 and 1512. The result was a monumental creation that broke the molds of Renaissance art. -
Erasmus of Rotterdam Writes "In Praise of Madness", in Basel printed for the first time in 1511; It is inspired by De triumpho stultitiae by the Italian Faustino Perisauli, a native of Tredozio (Forlì). In a translation it appears as the title "In Praise of Foolishness" because death is foolishness, folly, madness. -
Between 1510 and 1512, Rafael Sanzio painted "The School of Athens" in Rome. It was made in sketch between 1509 and 1510 and painted between 1510 and 1512 as part of a commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that today are known as Raphael's rooms, located in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. -
Nicolas Machiavelli wrote "The Prince", the first text of modern and humanist Political Theory, separating politics from the church -
Rafael Sanzio is in charge of the construction of St. Peter's Basilica, in the Vatican in Rome.
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Sofonisba Anguissola, joined the court of Felipe ll of Spain as a painter, becoming one of the most outstanding women of the artistic renaissance.
