Basically, Italy
witnessed the following style periods in art:
Byzantine phase --
6th-12th centuries
Romanesque --10th-12th c.
concurrent with Byzantine, but never strong
Italo-Byzantine
--1200-1275, very important, the Italian version of
Byzantine. [As a footnote, Gothic style is foreign to Italy.]
Late Medieval
--1275-1400--period of intense work, immense import to
style development
Early Renaissance----15th
century
Neo-Platonic – c. 1480 to
1500 concurrent with Early Renaissance
High
Renaissance---1500-1520 (death of Raphael)
Mannerism--1520-1600