Grace Shore Renaissance timeline

  • The Black Plague
    Oct 1, 1347

    The Black Plague

    The plague was carried by fleas on rats.Also called the Bubonic Plague. It was really, really bad.Doctors didn't know what to do. The death rate was high- 65 million to 85 million.
  • Donatello
    Jan 1, 1430

    Donatello

    He sculpted David. He is a famous sculpter of the Renaissance.
  • The Medici family
    Jan 1, 1434

    The Medici family

    They first attained wealth and political power in Florence. Their success came through commerce and banking. The Medicis produced four popes. The last Medici died without an heir after almost three centuries.
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    Jan 1, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    He was a painter, architech, inventor, and student of all things specific. He painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Filled dozens of secret notebooks with inventions. created things like the bicycle, the heliocopter and the airplane on paper.
  • Perspective and Realism
    Jan 1, 1452

    Perspective and Realism

    These things made paintings better. Perspective is 3-D on 2-D by vanishing points. Realism is how things really are and what they really look like.
  • Humanism
    Jan 1, 1452

    Humanism

    It is the celebration of humans. It is also called the greatness of humans.
  • Michelangelo
    Jan 1, 1475

    Michelangelo

    He painted the Sistene Chapel. He painted the ceilings and the walls.
  • Raphael
    Jan 1, 1508

    Raphael

    He painted the School of Athens.
  • Augissola and Gentileschi

    Augissola and Gentileschi

    Two famous women painters. These women painted portraits.
  • Inspiration for Artists

    Inspiration for Artists

    The ancients- Greek Gods, Greek myths, philosophers. Religion- Jesus.