Renaissance Key Figures

Renassiance Key Figures

Period: Sep 24, 1200 to Sep 24, 1600

Jan van Eyck

Sep 24, 1395

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

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

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

Italy
Historian, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer.
Founder of modern political science.
Civil servant of the Florentine Republic.

Albrecht Durer

May 21, 1471

Germany
Painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist.
Graved into wood Night Death and the Devil.
Made Saint Jerome study.

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Mar 6, 1475

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

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

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

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

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.