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The Renaissance began at the beginnings of the 14 century in Florencia, Italy. It was the result of ideas of Humanism and back the interest to the grecoroman culture because was a period of crisis before the Modern Age. This was a revolution of arts, politics and science. In this time the humanism took adavantage to the faith because the humans start to reconsider their faith in God and they start to think for theirselves. The historian Giorgio Vassari was the first to name the ''Renaissance''. -
The dome of Florence Cathedral is an incredible piece of Ressainance architecture. It was designed by Brunelleschi between 1420 to 1436, it was designed to be the biggest masonary vault in the world and is still the large masonary vault in the world. The consturction start in 1296 but they cant complete for obstacles of construction. This piece has many interruptions and many designers: Arnolfo Di Cambio, Giotto (who designed the bell) but finally Brunelleschi finish the cathedral. -
The Pietá is a monumental marble sculpture by the Renaissance artist Michelangelo depicting Mary holding the body of Jesus after he has been removed from the cross. The work was commissioned by a French Cardinal, Jean de Bilhères Lagraulas, for his funerary monument in Old St. Peter’s Basilica (razed in the early 16th century) in Vatican City. After the razed of the of the St. Peter Basilica, the sculpture was moved to new (where the sculpture is now and became very famous in the world.) -
The school of Athens is a fresco painted by Raphael Sanzio between 1509 and 1511. It was painted as a part of a comission by Pope Julius II to decorate the Stanze di Rafaello in the Apolostic Palace in the Vatican City. This picture depicts a congregation of ancient philosophers, mathematicians and scientists, with Plato and Aristotle in the centre of the picture. The painting is notable for its use of accurate perspective projection, a characteristic of the Renaissance art. -
Carlos I was king after the dead of his father Fernando II in 1516. For his mother, he received Castile and some parts of America and for his father he received Aragon and for his grandfathers he received some territories of Europe. His objective was to the defend the christianity, beacause he wants to have an incredible empire in which the people must to be catholic. Also, he had many wars with countries (France) and also in Spain (His mother Juana wants to govern the kingdom)
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The revolt of the Comuneros was an uprising by citizens of Castile against the rule of Charles I and his administration. This revolt was motivated to the political instability present in crown of Castilla. When Charles I arrived he came with a little idea of the spanish language and the people of Castile see him like an foreign king that gave more importance to his battles in Europe than the important things in Castile. The Comuneros lost resistance when some important leaders were murdered.
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The peace of Augsburg was a significant treaty in the history. This treaty was between the Holy Roman Empire, Charles V and Schmalkaldic League, signed in the Germany city of Augsburg.. This ended the religious conflict between catholics and protestants. This treaty consist in that each king select Lutheranism or Catholicism as the official confession of their state. Also the treaty accept that each person can emigrate to another state because he is not comfort of the religion of their state. -
Felipe II was born in 1527 on Valladolid, Spain. He served as a king of Spain and Portugal. The spainsh empire under Felipe prospered: it attained its greates power, extent and influence. He was proclaimed the self-protector of the Roman Catholic Church, sought to limit the expansion of protestanism and completed the work of the unification of the Iberian peninsula. He is remember for his failures (armada invencible) and his successes. He died in his bed due to ilness in 1598.
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It was an armed conflict between the Seventeen Provinces of Netherlands and the Spanish Empire.
This was when Felipe II was the king of Spain. The conflict starts when Felipe II arrived to Netherlands: centralisation, excessive taxation and the conflicts between the catholics and the protestants. The results of the war were favorable to Neteherlands, Ducth independence of the Dutch republic and the establishment of the Dutch Republic in 1648 (peace was concluded). -
It was a conflict in Spain in which the moorish population of the kingdom of Granada protest against the Pragmatic Sanction of 1567 (was an edict issued by Felipe II).This was because they think cant become true cristians if the moorish stay. This Pragmatic Sanction limited the cultural freedoms of the Muslims. When the moorish survivors were defeated they were deported to diferent zones of the crown of Castilla. A lot of moorish apart from been deported they were sold by slaves inside of Spain.
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It was an aliance between the county of Artois, the county of Hainaut and the city of Douai in the Habsburg Netherlands during the Eighty Years War. This aliance was established to defend the Roman Catholic religion against the rise of Calvinism in the northern provinces, the dissatisfied with the religious policies of rebel leader Prince of Orange and the States General of Netherlands. These signatories would begin negotiations for a separate peace with the Spanish Crown. -
This was an agreement between the rebellious provinces of Netherlands. They were liderated from William of Orange, the document said that any province could maintain its traditions, the military union of all of them and freedom of religion. The Spanish crown was still governed the territories but this agreement led to a decline relationship with the Spanish King Felipe II. It is considered the origin of the Republic of the United Provinces. This agreement was the response to the Union of Arras. -
This was an important moment in the history of Europe. Felipe II wants to restaured the christian faith in England so he decided to use 30.000 trops of boats and send suficient naval strength to defeat the english fleet. The Armada sailed from Lisbon under the duke of Medina-Sidonia. Finally, one day in august the Englands send eight fire ships before the wind and tide into the Spanish fleet. The Spanish ship formation was completely broken. Only 60 ships are known to have reached Spain. -
The baroque art start in Italy. It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art, and music...The baroque art have many qualities: grandeur, sensuous richness, drama, dynamism, movement, tension, emotional exuberance, and a tendency to blur distinctions between the various arts. Also, have currents of naturalism and classicism, the desire was to evoke emotional states by appealing to the senses, often in dramatic ways. -
Apollo and Daphne was a marble sculpture in baroque style in natural size made by Bernini. This sculpture was the last of a number of important works commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese from Bernini that helped to define Baroque sculpture. The sulpture was almost finished, but they had to do other sculptures so there was a pause of one year but after Bernini could finished. In september of that year, the sculpture was moved to the Cardinal´s Villa Borghese. -
This project of Bernini was comissioned by Pope Alexander VII. Is a large forecourt, in front of St. Peter´s Basilica in the Vatican city. The open space which lies before the Basilica was redesigned by Bernini. The objective was to make a court where the greatest number of people could see the Pope giving his blessing. Bernini had been working for this years. There are four columns deep, which embrace visitors in the maternal arms of Mother Church. -
Is a painting by Diego Velázquez. Tradionally was believed, that Velazquez depicted womens workers in the trapestry workshop of Santa Isables but Diego Angulo observed that the iconography suggested Ovid's Fable of Arachne, the story of the mortal Arachne who dared to challenge the goddess Athena to a weaving competition and, on winning the contest, was turned into a spider by the jealous goddess. Velazque was intelligent he mix everyday life with ancient Greek stories. -
An influential movement in painting and the orther visual arts. Neoclassical art is based on the art of Greece and Rome and invokes harmony, clarity, restraint, universality, and idealism. In painting, it emphasized austere linear design, classical themes, and archaeologically correct settings. Neoclassicism in painting was initially not distinct from the French Rococo and other styles that had preceded it. .Some famous artists are Jacques-Louis David, Antonio Canova and Angelica Kauffman. -
Is an oil painting by Jacques-Louis David in 1785. The work, depicting a scene from a roman legend and it is remains one of the best-known Neoclassical paintings. The three Horatii brothers and the three Curiatii brothers, who engaged in combat to settle the wars between Rome and Alba Longa. They were romances between the two families but the Horatti senior exhorts his sons to fight and they obey, depicting the moment when the men chose political ideals over personal motives. -
This is an oil painting of Carlos IV and his family painted by Goya. The paint shows Carlos IV and his family dressed in fine costume and jewellery, he and his wife are surrounded by their sons. The portrait was comissioned by Carlos IV, also Goya in the portrait subtly reveals tensions and vulnerability within the family. The painting is notable for its pshycological depth. It has often been described as Goya´s greatest portrait. The most dominant figure is Queen Maria Luisa in the centre.