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A famous scholar and teacher, Wrote famous love poems about the ideal woman Laura.
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Painted very realistic pictures. Legend says that a fly looked so real on his painting , someone tried to brush it off.
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He was an architect,enineer,painter,sculptor, and scientes. Painted the famous pictures "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa"
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A Dutch scholar who entered a monastery. Made the book The Praise of Folly. this critizied fasting, ridiculed ignorance, susperstition, and vice among Christians.
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Brilliant painter of the Rennaissance. Created the"Sistine Chapel". Also, made art for many important people in Rome.
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Painted frescoes in the papal chambers. Also, painted pictures of the Virgin Mary
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Made "The Assumption of the Virgin ". They are known for their sense of drama and rich colors.
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Wrote an essay named The Prince. Wanted to display the government the way it actually worked and not in lofty ideals.
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A friend of Eramus that shared the same views. Publised a book names "Utopia". In this book he condemned governmants as corrupt and argued that privated ownership of property causes unnecessary conflicts between people.
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Published the most famous book of the Rennaissance The Book of the Courtier. this story explained how gentlemen and gentlewomen should act in polite society.