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| 1438 |
| | | The Byzantine emperor John Palaeologus and the Patriarch of Constantinope, Joasaph, arrive in Ferrara to attend a council of the Roman Catholic church | |
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| 1439 |
| | | Florence acquires first-hand experience of Greek culture when Greek Orthodox priests join in a debate on theology, in particular the question of Filioque | |
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| 1439 |
| | | The Seventeenth Ecumenical Council moves from Ferrara, because of the danger of plague, and sets up in Florence | |
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| c. 1443 |
| | | The Dominican convent of San Marco, in Florence, is provided with a serenely beautiful series of frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants | |
|  | Fresco in San Marco Monastery
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| c. 1450 |
| | | Piero della Francesca paints masterpieces in his small home town of San Sepolcro | |
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| 1450 |
| | | Francesco Sforza, a soldier of fortune, wins power in Milan | |
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| c. 1450 |
| | | Paolo Uccello is interested in the laws of perspective, in works such as The Battle of San Romano | |
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| c. 1455 |
| | | Master ES becomes the first artist to produce engravings | |
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| c. 1460 |
| | | Oil paints, long familiar in the Netherlands, begin to be adopted in Italy in place of tempera | |
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| c. 1460 |
| | | Andrea Mantegna combines an interest in classical detail and recently discovered perspective | |
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