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TIMELINE 4 1459 Pope Pius II of the Piccolomini family visits his birthplace of Corsignano, in
He decides to
urbanize the area. Gozzoli paints the Procession of the Magi frescoes for
the Palazzo Medici chapel. Gozzoli lends to
some figures. 1460 Desiderio da Settignano carves a marble tomb effigy for
Cardinal Marsuppini. It demonstrates the same delicacy of detail and refinement of surface as
his portrait busts. 1462 Corsignano is renamed Pienza by
Pope Pius II. He commissions Bernardo Rossellino to erect a cathedral and
the Palazzo Piccolomini. Rossellino
adheres to classical ideals. 1464
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INDEX Art 4 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1467 The first printed book to include woodcut illustrations appears
in 1469 Lorenzo de Medici comes
to power. He gathers many of the greatest luminaries of the day to
his court. they include: artists such as Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Michelangelo the poet Angelo Poliziano and philosophers Marsilio Ficino and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1472 Da Vinci becomes
a master. 1478 Sandro Botticelli paints Primavera, a mythological allegory of
artistic maturity. Conspirators assassinate Lorenzo escapes and remains in
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TIMELINE 5 1480 Masaccio's fresco cycle in
the Brancacci Chapel. 1481 Da Vinci receives of the Magi for the monastery of San Donato a Scopeto in
The subtle modeling of figures with varying degrees of light and shade will characterize his
later works. 1482 Giorgio writes the architectural treatise “Trattato di architettura civile
e militare”. Da Vinci leaves 1483 Botticelli paints “The Birth of Venus”. His lyrical color and line reflect a celebration of classical poetry and
mythological subjects. Raphael is born in
Urbino. 1484 Francesco di Giorgio designs the Church of Santa Maria del Calcinaio, in the Tuscan city of
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1485 Giuliano da Sangallo designs the Church of in the Tuscan town of
The church’s a Brunelleschian vocabulary of architectural form and includes Sangallo's conception of
ornamental details. 1490 As a follower Michelangelo Buonarroti is exposed to the Medici’s circle of humanists, scholars,
poets, and artists. He develops an appreciation of
classical form. 1494 Fra Girolamo Savonarola expels the Medicis and
takes over He condemns the worldliness and corruption of
the city. 1496 Perugino undertakes a series of allegorical and religious frescoes for the audience hall of the Collegio del Cambio in
Perugino's work influenced Raphael who may have been in
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TIMELINE 6 1497 Savonarola burns countless works of art in
the “Bonfire of the Vanities.” 1498 Savonarola executed as
a false prophet. 1499 Luca Signorelli paints a fresco series of apocalyptic scenes for the San Brizio Chapel at
the cathedral of Orvieto. They display dramatic impact and masterful command of
anatomy. 1500 Da Vinci returns to
He pursues the study of engineering, mathematics and
topography. 1502 Pinturicchio decorates the library adjoining with scenes from the life of
Pope Pius II. 1503 Da Vinci paints an unfinished mural for the Great Council Hall of
the Palazzo della Signoria. 1504 Buonarroti completes the
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The gigantic statue of heroic youth symbolizes as it challenges foreign
intervention. 1506 Lorenzo Lotto paints an altarpiece for the Church of San Domenico, in
Recanati. 1508 Raphael leaves He contributes many frescos in
the Da Vinci begins the
“Mona Lisa”. 1512 The Medici return to power in
Lotto paints an Entombment for the confraternity of the Buon Gesù in
Jesi. He also paints Saint Vincent Ferrer in Glory fresco for San Domenico in
Recanati. 1513 Niccolò Machiavelli publishes
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TIMELINE 7 1519 provides a fresco cycle for a salon at the Medici villa at
Poggio a Caiano. Michelangelo designs the New Sacristy for the Church of
1521 Rosso Fiorentino completes the Deposition for the Chapel of the Compagnia della Croce di Giorno in the Church of San Francesco, in
Volterra. His serpentine forms, bright palette and unnatural light were key elements in expressing the
Mannerist style. 1523 Michelangelo
begins the
vestibule for the Laurentian
Library. He
infuses architectural
space and
detailing with
the energetic tension of Mannerist sculpture. 1528 Pontormo
completes the
Deposition for
the Church of
Santa Felicità in 1539 Agnolo
Bronzino becomes court
artist to Cosimo I de' Medici. |
His portraiture depicts his noble patron’s sophistication
and position 1540 Benvenuto Cellini smiths a gold and enamel saltcellar for Francis I of
They depict the elegant and elongated Mannerist figures of
Neptune and Earth. 1545 Cellini produces and large-scale sculpture in the service of
Cosimo I de' Medici. 1550 Giorgio Vasari publishes the
Lives of the Artists. It traces the development of Italian painting from
Cimabue to Michelangelo. Cosimo I de' Medici commissions the for the Palazzo Pitti in
The gardens contain cultivated flora and other vegetation, fanciful fountains, pools
and grottoes. The grottoes elaborate sculpture and frescoes reflect the popularity of shelters housing
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TIMELINE 8 1554 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V seizes
1555 Jean Boulogne, later Giambologna, travels
to He settles in
1557 Florentine power. 1560 Vasari begins painting murals for the Palazzo della Signoria in and designs the
Palazzo degli Uffizi. 1562 Cellini publishes his
autobiography. It vibrantly portrays sixteenth-century
life. 1563 The first art academy, the Accademia del Disegno, is founded in
1567 Federico Barocci produces a Deposition for the Chapel of in
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1569 a grand duchy ruled by
Cosimo I de' Medici. 1572 Santi di Tito paints the Resurrection altarpiece for the Church of
Santa Croce. Santi returns to a more literal simplified interpretation of subject matter reflecting a purer religious
climate. 1579 Barocci paints the Madonna for the Misericordia of
He influences Baroque artists of
the following generation. 1580 Giambologna sculpts the
“Flying Mercury”. 1583 Giambologna sculpts the
“Rape of the Sabine Women”. Spiraling forms entwine three figures carved from a single block of
marble. 1585 Bernardo Buontalenti completes the Grotta Grande in
the Source
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