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Belgium
Painter
Considered to be one of the most significant Northern European painters of the 15th century.
Arnolfini wedding portrit. -
Germany
Blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher.
The inventor of the art of printing with movable types.
Gutenberg prints a Latin Bible. -
Italy
Painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.
Painted the Mona Lisa
Leonardo was one of the three greatest artists of the Renaissance. -
Italy
Historian, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer.
Founder of modern political science.
Civil servant of the Florentine Republic. -
Germany
Painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist.
Graved into wood Night Death and the Devil.
Made Saint Jerome study. -
Italy
Sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer.
Painted the Last Judgement
In 1506 Michelangelo was summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II to undertake his vast mausoleum. -
London England
Lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.
Author of the book called Utopia.
Made Lord Chancellor of England. -
Italy
Courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author.
Most famous for the The Book of the Courtier.
Produced a number of Latin poems. -
Italy
Painter and architect.
One of the three greastest painter in the Renassiance.
Best known for his work in the School of Athens. -
England
Poet and playwright, writer in the English language and dramatist.
Wrote Romeo and Juliet.
He has come to be regarded as the greatest dramatist ever.