Renaissance Key Figures

  • Period: Sep 24, 1200 to

    Renassiance Key Figures

  • Jan van Eyck
    Sep 24, 1395

    Jan van Eyck

    Belgium
    Painter
    Considered to be one of the most significant Northern European painters of the 15th century.
    Arnolfini wedding portrit.
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    Sep 24, 1398

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Germany
    Blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher.
    The inventor of the art of printing with movable types.
    Gutenberg prints a Latin Bible.
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    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.
  • Niccolo Machiavelli
    May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Italy
    Historian, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer.
    Founder of modern political science.
    Civil servant of the Florentine Republic.
  • Albrecht Durer
    May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    Germany
    Painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist.
    Graved into wood Night Death and the Devil.
    Made Saint Jerome study.
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti
    Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo Buonarroti

    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.
  • Sir Thomas More
    Feb 7, 1478

    Sir Thomas More

    London England
    Lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.
    Author of the book called Utopia.
    Made Lord Chancellor of England.
  • Baldassare Castiglione
    Dec 6, 1478

    Baldassare Castiglione

    Italy
    Courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author.
    Most famous for the The Book of the Courtier.
    Produced a number of Latin poems.
  • Raphael
    Apr 6, 1483

    Raphael

    Italy
    Painter and architect.
    One of the three greastest painter in the Renassiance.
    Best known for his work in the School of Athens.
  • William Shakespeare
    Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare

    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.