David

Renaissance

By Ricardo Ramonet
  • Sep 24, 1338

    Allegory of Good and Bad Government in Siena

    Allegory of Good and Bad Government in Siena
    Anti-monarchical thinking, represented in the famous early Renaissance fresco cycle Allegory of Good and Bad Government in Siena by Ambrogio Lorenzetti
  • Period: Sep 25, 1348 to Sep 25, 1350

    Black Death

    One theory that has been advanced is that the devastation caused by the Black Death in Florence, which hit Europe between 1348 and 1350, resulted in a shift in the world view of people in 14th-century Italy.
  • Jan 1, 1400

    Lorenzo de Medici

    Lorenzo de Medici
    Lorenzo's court included artists such as Piero and Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Andrea del Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and Michelangelo Buonarroti who were involved in the 15th century Renaissance. Although he did not commission many works himself, he helped them secure commissions from other patrons. Michelangelo lived with Lorenzo and his family for five years, dining at the family table and attending meetings of the Neo-Platonic Academy.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1500

    Quattrocento

    In the Quattrocento, concepts of architectural order were explored and rules were formulated. The study of classical antiquity led in particular to the adoption of Classical detail and ornamentation.
    Space, as an element of architecture, was utilised differently from the way it had been in the Middle Ages. Space was organised by proportional logic, its form and rhythm subject to geometry, rather than being created by intuition as in Medieval buildings.
  • Period: Sep 25, 1421 to Sep 25, 1440

    Plasters

    During the Renaissance, architects aimed to use columns, pilasters, and entablatures as an integrated system. One of the first buildings to use pilasters as an integrated system was in the Old Sacristy by Filippo Brunelleschi.
  • Jan 1, 1482

    Leonardo's Horse

    Leonardo's Horse
    In 1482 the Duke of Milan Ludovico il Moro proposed to Leonardo to build the largest equestrian statue in the world, a monument to his father Francesco. Leonardo accomplished only a clay model that was destroyed by French soldiers that invaded Milan in 1499.
  • Jan 1, 1486

    Oration on the Dignity of Man

    Political philosophers such as Niccolò Machiavelli and Thomas More revived the ideas of Greek and Roman thinkers, and applied them in critiques of contemporary government. Pico della Mirandola wrote what is often considered the manifesto of the Renaissance, a vibrant defence of thinking, the Oration on the Dignity of Man, Matteo Palmieri.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1490 to Jan 1, 1505

    Eclectisim

    About the year 1500 a number of talented painters were at work in the principal cities of southern and central Spain. Their art is often eclectic, comprising both Northern and Italian elements, with the balance weighted somewhat in favor of the latter. In Toledo, the first third of the sixteenth century is dominated by the personality of Juan de Borgoña.
  • Jan 1, 1495

    Toledo

    Toledo
    In 1495 he worked in Toledo cathedral, together with Pedro Berruguete. His painting is remarkable for its exquisite sensitivity, its balance, and a warm lyricism intolerant of all excess.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1525

    High Renaissance

    During the High Renaissance, concepts derived from classical antiquity were developed and used with greater surety. The most representative architect is Bramante (1444–1514) who expanded the applicability of classical architecture to contemporary buildings. His San Pietro in Montorio (1503) was directly inspired by circular Roman temples. He was, however, hardly a slave to the classical forms and it was his style that was to dominate Italian architecture in the 16th century.
  • Jan 1, 1503

    Monalisa

    Monalisa
    Is a portrait by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is a painting in oil on a poplar panel, completed circa 1503–1519. It is on permanent display at the Musée du Louvre in Paris.
  • Sep 8, 1504

    Contrapposto

    Contrapposto
    Michelangelo's David is possibly the most famous sculpture in the world, which was unveiled on September 8, 1504. It is an example of the contrapposto style of posing the human figure, which again borrows from classical sculpture.
  • Sep 24, 1504

    David

    David
    David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504, by the Italian artist Michelangelo. It is a 5.17 metre (17 foot) marble statue of a standing male nude. The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1509 to Jan 1, 1511

    Features

    Luminous colours and the subtle organization of space are the distinguishing features of Juan de Borgoña's magnificent decorations in the chapter house of Toledo cathedral.
  • Period: Sep 24, 1520 to

    Mannerism

    Mannerism
    During the Mannerist period, architects experimented with using architectural forms to emphasize solid and spatial relationships. The Renaissance ideal of harmony gave way to freer and more imaginative rhythms. The best known architect associated with the Mannerist style was Michelangelo (1475–1564), who is credited with inventing the giant order, a large pilaster that stretches from the bottom to the top of a façade. He used this in his design for the Campidoglio in Rome.