Renaissance Key Figures

  • Jan van Eyck
    Jul 9, 1441

    Jan van Eyck

    Belgium
    Painter
    Redeccorate the Binnenhof Palace
    Painted the Ghent Altarpiece
  • 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
    Sketched the Vitruvian Man
    Sketched the Vitruvian Man
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    Feb 3, 1468

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Germany
    blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher
    Introduced printing to Europe
    Introduced the use of oil based ink
  • Niccolo Machiavelli
    May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Italy
    historian, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer
    Wrote The Prince
    Wrote The Discourses on Livy
  • Albrecht Durer
    May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    Germany
    painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist
    Made The Knight, Death and The Devil
    Made Saint Jerome in His Study
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti
    Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo Buonarroti

    Italy
    sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer
    Scuplted the Statue of David
    Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
  • Sir Thomas More
    Feb 7, 1478

    Sir Thomas More

    England
    lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and humanist
    Wrote a History of Richard III
    Wrote Utopia
  • Baldassare Castiglione
    Dec 6, 1478

    Baldassare Castiglione

    Italy
    courtier, diplomat, soldier, and writer
    Wrote the Courtier
    Wrote the De Oficiis
  • Raphael
    Mar 28, 1483

    Raphael

    Italy
    Painter and Architect
    Painted the School of Athens
    Painted the Madonnas
  • WIlliam Shakespeare

    WIlliam Shakespeare

    England
    poet and playwright
    Wrote Romeo and Juliet
    Wrote Hamlet