20-01-2021, 08:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 20-01-2021, 08:23 AM by Mark Knowles.)
It is said that the Italian Renaissance began in 1401 with a competition for the commission to sculpt bronze doors for the baptistery of Florence. Obviously putting a precise date on the start of the renaissance is fraught with difficulty. However unless one was in Florence it is debatable whether one can say that the period 1404 to 1438 was during the events of the renaissance.