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1400
O Rosa bella (Music)
Johannes Ciconia O Rosa bella (O Lovely Rose), describes courtly love, a formalised secret passion between aristocrats that was both erotic and spiritual, even morally uplifting. This type of song was first written in the 12th century by the troubadours; aristocratic poets of southwest France. http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/r/renaissance-music/ -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Renaissance Timeline
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1420
Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
Leon Battista Alberti This church was called S. Maria Novella ('New') because it was built on the site of the 9th-century oratory of Santa Maria delle Vigne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_Novella -
1436
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
Construction begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Cathedral -
1452
Gates of Paradise
Lorenzo Ghiberti Gates of Paradise, Italian Porta del Paradiso, the pair of gilded bronze doors (1425–52) designed by the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti for the north entrance of the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gates-of-Paradise-by-Ghiberti -
1458
Palazzo Pitti
Luca Fancelli The Palazzo Pitti is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally the town residence of Luca Pitti, an ambitious Florentine banker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Pitti -
1464
Judith and Holofernes
Artist Donatello
Year 1457–1464
Type Bronze
Dimensions 236 cm (93 in)
Location Palazzo Vecchio, Florence Judith and Holofernes is a bronze sculpture created by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello at the end of his career. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_and_Holofernes_(Donatello) -
1470
Primavera (Botticelli)
Artist Sandro Botticelli
Year late 1470s or early 1480s
Medium Tempera on panel
Dimensions 202 cm × 314 cm (80 in × 124 in)
Location Uffizi Gallery, Florence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa -
1470
Basilica of San Lorenzo
Filippo Brunelleschi
Michelangelo The Basilica di San Lorenzo (Basilica of St Lawrence) is one of the largest churches of Florence, Italy, situated at the centre of the city’s main market district, and the burial place of all the principal members of the Medici family from Cosimo il Vecchio to Cosimo III. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Lorenzo,_Florence -
1486
The Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (c. 1484–1486). Tempera on canvas. 172.5 cm × 278.9 cm (67.9 in × 109.6 in). Uffizi, Florence The painting depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown (called Venus Anadyomene and often depicted in art). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Venus -
1490
The Last Supper
Artist Leonardo da Vinci
Year 1490s (Julian)
Dimensions 700 cm (280 in) × 880 cm (350 in) The painting represents the scene of the Last Supper of Jesus with his apostles, as it is told in the Gospel of John, 13:21. Leonardo has depicted the consternation that occurred among the Twelve Apostles when Jesus announced that one of them would betray him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo) -
1502
Tempietto
Donato Bramante Tempietto, small circular chapel erected in the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio in Rome on the supposed site of the martyrdom of St. Peter. It was commissioned by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain and was built in 1502 after designs made by Donato Bramante. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pietro_in_Montorio#/media/File:Roma-tempiettobramante01R.jpg -
1503
Mona Lisa
Artist Leonardo da Vinci
Year c. 1503–1506, perhaps continuing until c. 1517
Medium Oil on poplar panel
Subject Lisa Gherardini
Dimensions 77 cm × 53 cm (30 in × 21 in)
Location The Louvre Museum, Paris The Mona Lisa is considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, and has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa -
1504
David
Artist Michelangelo
Year 1501–1504
Medium Marble sculpture
Subject Biblical David
Dimensions 517 cm × 199 cm (17 ft × 6.5 ft)
Location Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, Italy David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo. David is a 5.17-metre marble statue of the Biblical figure David, a favored subject in the art of Florence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(Michelangelo) -
1510
Alba Madonna
Artist Raphael
Year 1510
Type Oil transferred from wood to canvas
Dimensions 94.5 cm diameter (37 1⁄4 in)
Location National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alba_Madonna -
1511
The School of Athens
Artist Raphael
Year 1509–1511
Type Fresco
Dimensions 500 cm × 770 cm (200 in × 300 in)
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1512
The Creation of Adam
Artist Michelangelo
Year c. 1512
Type Fresco
Dimensions 280 cm × 570 cm (9 ft 2 in × 18 ft 8 in) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creation_of_Adam -
1512
Sistine Madonna
Artist Raphael
Year 1512
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 265 cm × 196 cm (104 in × 77 in)
Location Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Madonna -
1521
Cristo della Minerva
Artist Michelangelo
Year 1519–1521
Type Marble
Dimensions 205 cm (81 in)
Location Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risen_Christ_(Michelangelo,_Santa_Maria_sopra_Minerva) -
1532
The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince -
1534
Hercules and Cacus
Baccio Bandinelli
Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy This work by the Florentine artist Baccio Bandinelli (1525–1534) was commissioned as a pendant to Michelangelo's David, which had been commissioned by the republican council of Florence, under Piero Soderini (gonfaloniere for life), to commemorate the victory over the Medici. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_and_Cacus -
1536
D'où vient cela, belle (Music)
D'où vient cela, belle (How is it, my love) is one of the most famous works written by one of the greatest masters of the Renaissance chanson, Claudin de Sermisy. A chanson is a lyrical song with French words. This one is the sad lament of a jilted lover, wondering how it is that his beloved no longer wants him. http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/r/renaissance-music/ -
Biblioteca Marciana
Jacopo Sansovino The Marciana Library or Library of Saint Mark is a public library in Venice, Italy. It is one of the earliest surviving public libraries and repositories for manuscript in Italy and holds one the world's most significant collections of classical texts. It is named after St. Mark, the patron saint of the city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Marciana -
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet -
Hamlet
William Shakespeare The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play with 30,557 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet -
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Publication date
1605 (Part One)
1615 (Part Two) It was published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. A founding work of Western literature, it is often labeled "the first modern novel" and many authors consider it to be the best literary work ever written. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote -
St Peter’s Basilica
1506-1626
Vatican City Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica
