ART
263 / MAN 263 The Business of Art
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263 / MAN 263 Time
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significant dates in the business of art
| c. 2500 BC | Age of the Pharaohs (Khufu, Khafre & Menkaure) |
| c. 32 BC | Foundation of Roman Empire |
| c. AD 4 | Birth of Christ |
| c. AD 37 | Death of Christ |
| AD 37-313 | Era of Persecution - the time when catacombs were made and used for burials, and the Christian Church was an "underground" organization. During this time, Early Christian Art was humble. |
| AD 303-305 | Reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian. Persecutions peak. |
| AD 306-337 | Reign of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great. Makes Christianity not only legal but the official religion of the empire. Constantine the Great starts commissioning grand churches — including Old St. Peter's — and other structures. |
| AD 313 | Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, ending persecution of Christians |
| AD 324 | Constantinople founded |
| AD 325 | Council of Nicaia; Christianity becomes official religion of the Roman Empire |
| AD 330 | City of Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) dedicated. |
| AD 333 | Approximate date of foundation of Old St. Peter's. (Exact date disputed). Also during Constantine's era was the dedication of the Mausoleum of S. Costanza in Rome, the Cathedral of Naples, as well as many other Early Christian basilicas. |
| AD 410 | Rome falls to barbarians. Monumental building halts in the Western half of the Roman Empire. The focus of the empire shifts East to the "New Rome." Constantinople, the Eastern half of the Roman Empire with Constantinople as its capital is called "Byzantine." |
| AD 337 | Constantine baptized on his death bed |
| AD 800 | Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day by the Pope in Rome. |
| AD 1080 | The great pilgrimage church, S. Sernin, Toulouse in France is begun. Era of crusades and pilgrimages |
| 12th-14th centuries |
Great era of Gothic cathedrals |
| 1386 | Birth of Donatello |
| 1466 | Death of Donatello |
| 16th century | Renaissance Era. Pope Julius II commissions Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling and Raphael to paint the Vatican Stanze. Michelangelo's Pieta carved. Michelangelo designed dome of St. Peter's. |
| 1563 | Council of Trent makes new rules for art. |
| 1648 | Founding of the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture |
| 17th century | Baroque Era. Catholic Church starts counter-reformation to try to win back Christians who had converted to Protestantism. Sculptor Bernini creates Cathedra Petri, Baldacchino, and more for St. Peter's. |
| 1965 | Founding of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) |
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