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Lorenzo combined elements of the new Renaissance style with the earlier Gothic style.
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Around the 1400's, the time period known as the Renaissance was an explosion of artistic vision. There were many painters, sculpters, mathmeticians, and inventors during this period.
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Fra Angelico was known as an excellent painter and monk of the highest character.
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Masaccio was known as the first important artist of the Italian Renaissance. He took the innovations of Giotto and developed them further to produce a style that became the trademark of the Italian Renaissance.
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Filippo was an architech and had discovered linear perspective. He also wrote the "Rules of Perspecitve".
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Donatello portrays St. George with lifelike realism.
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Johannes had invented a method of printing with movable type.
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Rome becomes the leading Renaissance city.
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Michelangelo carves his Pieta while in his early 20's.
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Works by women artists gain recognition.
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Leonardo paints the Mona Lisa.
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Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
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Raphael paints The School of Athens.
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Sofonisba Anguissola paints portraits.
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This is an early example of the new Baroque style in church architecture.
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Shakespeare writes Romeo and Juliet.
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The Globe Theatre is built in London.
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Caravaggio illuminates his figures in light.
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His sculpure "David" emphasizes movement.
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Leyster paints "Boy Playing the Flute".
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Rembrandt paints "The Night Watch".
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He paints the "Las Meninas".
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Moliere was a French comic dramatist. He presents the first of his comedie-ballets to the king.
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San Carlo illustrates the mature Boroque style in architecture.
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Displayed the power and wealth of King Louis XIV.
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French declare war on the Dutch.
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Sir Christopher begins St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
