Renaissance

Renaissance

Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1600

Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore

Sep 26, 1436

The Duomo, as it is ordinarily called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi.

David by Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi

Jan 1, 1440

Commissioned by Cosimo de Medici, who wanted to place it in the gardens of his palace in Florence.

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

Sep 26, 1444

Is located in Florence, Via Larga, Via Cavour now 3. Made by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo in 1444, commissioned by Cosimo de Medici

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci is born

Apr 15, 1452

Was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer.

La Nascita di Venere by Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi

Sep 26, 1482

The Birth of Venus is a painting in tempera on canvas of flax (172 × 278 cm) by Sandro Botticelli , dating from 1482 - 1485 or so and kept in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence .

Renaissance in France.

Sep 26, 1495

In 1495 the Italian Renaissance arrived in France, imported by King Charles VIII after his invasion of Italy.

Pietà by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

Sep 26, 1498

La obra fue encargada por el cardenal de san Dionisio Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas o de Villiers, benedictino embajador del monarca francés ante la Santa Sede, al que el autor conoció en Roma. El contrato entre el artista y el cliente se firmó el 26 de agosto de 1498, y en el que se estipulaba, además del pago de 450 ducados de oro, que habría de estar terminada antes de un año, y en efecto, dos días antes de cumplirse el plazo la obra maestra ya estaba terminada, cuando el cardenal había muerto u

David by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

Sep 25, 1502

The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets to be positioned along the roofline of the east end of Florence Cathedral, the statue was instead placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. Because of the nature of the hero that it represented, it soon came to symbolize the defense of

Mona Lisa by Leonardo di ser Piero da VincI

Sep 26, 1503

The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a seated woman, Lisa del Giocondo, whose facial expression has been frequently described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the subject's expression, the monumentality of the composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the continuing fascination and study of the work.

Sistine Chapel

Sep 26, 1508

Michelangelo Buonarroti was commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1508 to repaint the vault, or ceiling, of the Chapel. It was originally painted as golden stars on a blue sky. The work was completed between 1508 and 2 November 1512.

Santa Maria della Consolazione

Sep 26, 1508

Architectural work of international importance, is considered one of the buildings is emblematic of the ' Renaissance architecture . Its construction began in 1508 and ended after one hundred years. Coming from Orvieto , the church is visible in the distance before entering the city. Its classical architecture is in contrast to that of the old town of medieval character.

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

Sep 26, 1511

It illustrates the Biblical story from the Book of Genesis in which God the Father breathes life into Adam, the first man. Chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis on the Sistine ceiling, it was among the last to be completed.

Marrige between Bona Sforza and Zigmunt I

Sep 26, 1518

Many Italian artists came to Poland with Bona Sforza of Milan, when she married King Zygmunt I of Poland in 1518

William Shakespeare

Apr 26, 1564

He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and baptised there on 26 April 1564. Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613.His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the 16th century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language.

Elizabethan era

Sep 26, 1572

In England, the Elizabethan era marked the beginning of the English Renaissance with the work of writers William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, Sir Thomas More, Francis Bacon, Sir Philip Sidney, John Milton, as well as great artists, architects (such as Inigo Jones who introduced Italianate architecture to England), and composers such as Thomas Tallis, John Taverner, and William Byrd.