A.D. 1000-1200
High Middle Ages
Romanesque Art
St. Sernin, Toulouse; St. Sernin Relief slabs
Last Judgment Tympanum by Gislebertus
Royal Portal at Chartres
Polyphonal chants
Hildegard of Bingen
Dances in Gothic cathedral labyrinths
A.D. 1200-1400
Late Middle Ages
Gothic Art
Chartres Cathedral
Simone Martini, Annunciation
Duccio, Madonna Enthroned
Giotto, Arena Chapel Frescoes
Dante, The Divine Comedy
Bocaccio, The Decameron
Height of Mandingo Empire in West Africa centered at Timbuktu
1400-1450
Early Renaissance in Italy
Donatello David
Brunelleschi, Dome of Florence Cathedral
Ghiberti, Gates of Paradise
Masaccio, The Tribute Money
1450-1520
High Renaissance in Italy
Botticelli, The Birth of Venus
Da Vinci, Mona Lisa
Da Vinci, The Last Supper
Michelangelo, David
Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Beginning of New St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante
Michelangelo's Plan for St. Peter's Basilica
Raphael, The School of Athens
Beginnings of court dances
Josquin Desprez
Palestrina
Martin Luther
Songhay Empire on River Niger
Height of Benin Civilization
