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Europe 1300 - 1800

Brought to you by Smarthistory. 1300-1600: In part, the Renaissance was a rebirth of interest in ancient Greek and Roman culture. It was also a period of economic prosperity in Europe—particularly in Italy and in Northern Europe. In 1517 a German theologian and monk, Martin Luther, challenged the authority of the Pope and sparked the Protestant Reformation. By challenging the power of the Church, and asserting the authority of individual conscience, the Reformation laid the foundation for the value that modern culture places on the individual.

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Unit 1: Italy and Spain, 14th century

A beginner's guide to the Late Gothic

Florence, the Late Gothic

Siena, the Late Gothic

Pisa and Rome, the Late Gothic

Spain, the Late Gothic

Unit 2: Italy, 15th century

A beginner's guide

Sculpture and architecture in central Italy

Painting in central Italy

Northern Italy: Venice, Ferrara, and the Marches

Unit 3: Italy 16th century

A beginner's guide to the High Renaissance

Verrocchio

Leonardo da Vinci

Michelangelo

Raphael

Bramante

Misc. Central and Northern Italy

Mannerism

Venice

Unit 4: Northern Europe 15th century

Claus Sluter and Claus de Werve

The Limbourg Brothers

Campin

Van Eyck

Christus

Van der Weyden

Quarton (?)

Jean Fouquet

Martin Schongauer

Hugo van der Goes

Stefan Lochner

Hans Memling

Reliquaries and tapestries

Tyrol

Unit 5: Northern Europe 16th century

A beginner's guide

Hieronymus Bosch

Cranach and Altdorfer

Albrecht Dürer

Matthias Grünewald

Antwerp, Bruges and Brussels

Hans Holbein

England

France

Unit 6: Spain and Portugal 15th–16th century

15th century

16th century

Unit 7: Reformation and Counter-Reformation

Beginner's guide

Unit 8: Baroque 17th century

A beginner's guide to Baroque art

Italy

Flanders

Dutch Republic

Spain and Portugal

France

England

Unit 9: Rococo and Neoclassicism 18th century

Rococo

Neoclassicism

Unit 10: Central and Eastern Europe in the 17th–18th century

Central and Eastern European art in the 17th–18th century

Unit 11: British art in the 18th century

British art in the eighteenth century

Unit 12: Spain and Portugal in the 18th century

Spain and Portugal in the eighteenth century

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