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15000 BCE
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Painting of the Lascaux Caves
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221 BCE
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Creation of the Terracotta Army in China
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c. 100 BCE
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Alexander Mosaic created in Pompeii
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50 BCE
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Laocoon and His Sons sculpture group
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1165
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Although it is undocumented, Italian sculptor Benedetto Antelami is probably working as an apprentice at St-Trophime in Arles around this time.
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1175
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First stained glass windows installed at Canterbury Cathedral
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1178
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Benedetto Antelami completes the Deposition from the Cross relief, one of his earliest known works, for Parma Cathedral.
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1188
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Benedetto Antelami is at work at Fidenza Cathedral, creating both architectural elements and facade sculptures.
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1220
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Creation of the west rose window at Notre Dame
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1260
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The cupola of Parma Baptistery is richly painted in the Byzantine style.
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1290
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Apse mosaic created by Jacopo Torriti at Santa Maria Maggiore
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1300
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Facade mosaics added to Santa Maria Maggiore
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1320
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Addition of the celebrated main portal of Altamura Cathedral (the date is uncertain but estimated as 14th or 15th century).
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1350
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Installation of Great East Window and choir stalls at Gloucester Cathedral
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1402
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Lorenzo Ghiberti creates the north doors of the Florence Baptistery.
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1403
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Lorenzo Ghiberti wins competition to design doors of Florence Baptistery
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1412
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The Arte dei Mercanti di Calimala, the guild of the merchant bankers, commission Lorenzo Ghiberti to sculpt a larger-than-life bronze statue of their patron saint, John the Baptist, for a niche on the outside of the guildhouse, the Orsan Michele. This is
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1416
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Lorenzo Ghiberti creates three bronze statues for the Orsan Michele, Florence.
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1417
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Lorenzo Ghiberti sculpts reliefs for Siena Cathedral
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1425
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Lorenzo Ghiberti creates the Gates of Paradise for the Florence Baptistery.
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1432
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Donatello studies classical art in Rome
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1432
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The Annunciation altarpiece in Cortona by Fra Angelico
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1447
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Lorenzo Ghiberti completes I Commentarii, three books of commentaries on the history of art from antiquity to his own time, including an autobiography.
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1450
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Fra Angelico paints The Annunciation at San Marco, Florence
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1452
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The Legend of the True Cross fresco by Piero della Francesca