Paolo Uccello (1397-1475 CE), real name Paolo di Dono, was an Italian painter who is considered one of the founding fathers of Florentine Renaissance art. Uccello was one of the earliest artists to attempt certain tricks of perspective in his paintings. His most famous works include the paintings Saint George and the Dragon and The Hunt, as well as various frescoes such as the Deluge in Florence's Basilica of Santa Maria Novella. The artist's final commission, the series of panels known as the Miracle of the Desecrated Host, contains more fine examples of his work using perspective.
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1397 - 1475Life of the Italian Renaissance artist Paolo Uccello.
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1407 - 1412The Italian Renaissance artist Paolo Uccello is an apprentice in the workshop of Lorenzo Ghiberti in Florence.
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1415The Italian Renaissance artist Paolo Uccello joins Florence’s Physician’s Guild as a painter.
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1436The Italian Renaissance artist Paolo Uccello completes his equestrian fresco of Sir John Hawkwood.
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c. 1445The Italian Renaissance artist Paolo Uccello creates his Deluge fresco for the Santa Maria Novella Basilica in Florence.
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c. 1455The Italian Renaissance artist Paolo Uccello completes his Battle of San Romano paintings for the Medici family of Florence.
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c. 1468The Italian Renaissance artist Paolo Uccello works on his six painted panels, the Profanation of the Host.
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c. 1470The Italian Renaissance artist Paolo Uccello completes his St. George and the Dragon painting.
