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1190
Compass
the development of the compass made voyages of discovery possible -
1267
Gunpowder
the invention of gunpowder signaled the end of the age of knighthood -
Period: 1386 to 1466
Donatello
famous Italian artist known for the statue of David c. 1444-46 -
Period: 1390 to 1453
John Dunstable (Dunstaple)
English, but influenced musical style in Europe; used more harmonies with 3rds and 6ths which resulted in what we think of triadic music -
Period: 1397 to 1474
Guillaume Dufay
first Renaissance composer -
Period: 1420 to 1497
Johannes Ockeghem
very respected and prolific; also a low bass -
Period: 1435 to 1511
Johannes Tinctoris
composer and music theorist; wrote the first dictionary of musical terms called Diffinitorum musices in c. 1475 -
Period: 1444 to 1510
Sandro Botticelli
another famous Italian artist known for the Birth of Venus -
Period: 1450 to 1521
Josquin des Prez
most revered Renaissance composer, especially by Martin Luther -
Period: 1452 to 1519
Leonardo da Vinci
from Italy and most known for as a painter, engineer, sculptor, and scientist -
1470
Realism
an art-style that was introduced during this time -
Period: 1475 to 1564
Michelangelo Buonarroti
a famous Italian artist known for sculpting the "Pieta" in 1499 -
Period: 1483 to 1520
Raphael
a famous Italian artist known for painting the "Madonna della Tenda" in 1514 -
Period: 1483 to 1536
Martin Luther
famous German religious reformer that brought up the Lutheran church -
Period: 1490 to 1562
Adrian Willaert
father of text expression -
Period: 1505 to
Thomas Tallis
English composer who wrote a 40-voice part motet -
Period: 1521 to
Philipp de Monte
most prolific composer of the Renaissance -
Period: 1525 to
Palestrina
the most famous composer from the Renaissance -
Period: 1525 to
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
awarded the most posthumous fame -
Period: 1532 to
Orlando di Lasso
ranks in importance with Josquin and Palestrina -
Period: 1543 to
William Byrd
important Catholic English composer working in Protestant England -
Period: 1548 to
Tomás Luis de Victoria
carries on Palestrina's style while working in Spain -
Period: 1564 to
William Shakespeare
he lived into the early Baroque era; famous English playwright; many Renaissance-style songs were composed for and used in his plays -
Period: 1564 to
Galileo
famous scientist of this time