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Chronology of Art and Science

Chronology of Art and Science. 1403 Ghiberti sculpts human bodies in realistic style for bronze doors of Florence baptistry, heralding the Renaissance. 1419 Brunelleschi's design for the Foundling Hospital in Florence begins Renaissance architecture

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Chronology of Art and Science

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  1. Chronology of Art and Science 1403 Ghiberti sculpts human bodies in realistic style for bronze doors of Florence baptistry, heralding the Renaissance. 1419 Brunelleschi's design for the Foundling Hospital in Florence begins Renaissance architecture 1420 Brunellischi designs dome of Florence Cathedral 1435 Donatello's David is completed1438-1445Fra Angelico paints scenes from the life of Christ in San Marco Monastery, Florence 1440Platonic Academy founded in Florence by scholars from Byzantine Empire 1440Johann Gutenberg (c.1398 - 1468) invents printing from movable type 1476 William Caxton sets up printing press at Westminster, London 1482 First great Renaissance villa is built for Pope Leo X by Sangallo 1485 Botticelli paints The Birth of Venus1493 Parcacelsus is born (he died in 1541). His later work would determine that the cause of disease was an agent from outside the body - what we now call bacteris - and not an imbalance from within. 1495-1497 Leonardo da Vinci paints The Last Supper. 1500"Nuremberg Egg" (pocket watch) invented by Peter Henlein 1501-1504 Michelangelo sculpts statue of David 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa 1508-1512 Michelangelo paints ceiling of Sistine Chapel in Rome 1420-1460 Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal directs his country's voyages of exploration. 1420 Portuguese reach the Madeira Islands. 1427 Portuguese reach the Azores. 1437 Henry of Portugal founds Portuguese Colonia Institute. 1456 Portuguese reach the Cape Verde Islands. 1487-1488 Bartholomew Diaz sails around Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. 1492 Christopher Columbus reaches the West Indies; he is the first European to reach Americas since Vikings. 1494 Treaty of Tordesilla. Pope divides Americas between Spain and Portugal - ignored by other European countries. 1496 Santo Domingo founded - it is the first European town in the Americas. 1497 John Cabot discovers Newfoundland . 1498 Vasco da Gama reaches India by sea by rounding Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. 1510 First African slaves taken to Americ Chronology of Discovery and Trade

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