Boticelli paints La Primavera Brunelleschi creates Duomo (Dome of Florence) Chaucer writes Canterbury Tales Da Vinci paints Mona Lisa Dante writes Divine Comedy Donatello creates statue of St. George Donatello sculpts first nude statue David Ghiberti creates Gates of Paradise Giotto paints frescoe Mourning of Christ (lamentation) Gutenberg prints Bible using movable type (printing press) Italian Renaissance Begins Jan Van Eyck paints the Arnolfini Portrait Machiavelli writes The Prince Massaccio paints Expulsion Michelangelo paints ceiling of Sistine Chapel Raphael paints School of Athens