Renaissance

  • Jan van Eyck
    Sep 21, 1395

    Jan van Eyck

    from: Maaseik
    interest: painter
    He was considered a revolutionary master across northern Europe within his lifetime;
    His motto, one of the first and still most distinctive signatures in art history,
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    Sep 21, 1398

    Johannes Gutenberg

    He as famous for ''inventing" the printing press.
    He was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe.
    From : germany mainz
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Country his from: Italy
    Painted the Mona Lisa (famous painting)
    Leonardo was one or the three greatest artist of high renaissance
  • Niccolo Machiavelli
    May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    frome Europe
    His famous treatise, The Prince, is a handbook for rulers.
    Other books like The Art War
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti
    May 6, 1475

    Michelangelo Buonarroti

    He was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
    From Italy
    Famous for the sculptor called David
  • Sir Thomas More
    Feb 7, 1478

    Sir Thomas More

    Sir Thomas More, known to Catholics as Saint Thomas More since 1935, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.
    From: London
  • Baldassare Castiglione
    Dec 6, 1478

    Baldassare Castiglione

    Country; Italy
    He is remembered for The Courtier. Written in the form of a philosophical dialogue,
    Baldassare Castiglione, count of was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author.
  • Raphael
    Apr 6, 1483

    Raphael

    From Rome
    Most famous,The School of Athens
    He became the most important portraitist in Rome, designed 10 large tapestries to hang in the Sistine Chapel.
  • Albrecht Durer
    May 21, 1528

    Albrecht Durer

    Albrecht Dürer was a German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg.
    he was from: Germany
    hw was famous for these painting the Apocalypse woodcuts, Knight, Death, and the Devil.
  • William Sakespeare
    Apr 23, 1564

    William Sakespeare

    William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".
    From; ENGLAND