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| 1508 |
| | | Michelangelo begins work in Rome on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel | |
|  | Study for The Creation of Adam Michelangelo, c.1508
British Museum
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| 1508 |
| | | Raphael is summoned to Rome by Julius II and is given a major commission for frescoes | |
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| 1509 |
| | | Raphael begins work on the frescoes in the pope's apartment in the Vatican, known as the Stanze ('Rooms') | |
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| 1510 |
| | | Giorgione and Titian introduce the richness of colour which characterizes the high Renaissance style in Venice | |
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| c. 1510 |
| | | The startling colour contrasts in Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling anticipate one of the main characteristics of Italian mannerism | |
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| 1510 |
| | | The painter Giorgione dies after a short but extremely influential life in Venice | |
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| 1517 |
| | | Leonardo da Vinci moves to France, on the invitation of Francis I | |
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| c. 1520 |
| | | Mannerism develops in Italy in the work of the painters Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino | |
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| c. 1575 |
| | | Soft-paste porcelain, in imitation of true porcelain from China, is successfully created for the Medici in Florence | |
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| 1597 |
| | | Dafne is performed in Florence, becoming the first example of a new art form - opera | |
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