renaissance key figures

By austin pittman
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Italy
    Painter and Scientist
    Painted one of the most treasured pieces which was tthe Mona Lisa and sketched the vitruvian men
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    Feb 3, 1468

    Johannes Gutenberg

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

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Italy
    Diplomat and philosopher
    Founder of modern political science and he was a civil servant of the flourintine republic
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti
    Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo Buonarroti

    Italy
    Painter and Poet
    Sculpted the statue of David and the Pieta
  • Sir Thomas More
    Feb 7, 1478

    Sir Thomas More

    England
    Author and Statesmen
    He wrote the history of Richard III and wrote the book utopia
  • Baldassare Castiglione
    Dec 6, 1478

    Baldassare Castiglione

    Italy
    Diplomat and soldier
    Wrote a book called courtiern and wrote the de oficiis
  • Rapheal
    Apr 6, 1483

    Rapheal

    Italy
    Painter and Architect
    Painted the School of Athens and madonnas
  • William Shakespeare
    Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare

    England
    writer and playwriter
    The greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
  • Albrecht Durer

    Albrecht Durer

    Germany
    Printmaker and engraver
    engraved the knight death and the devil and made saint jerome his study
  • Jan van Eyck

    Jan van Eyck

    Belguim
    Painter
    He decorated the binnhof palace and he painted the ghent altarpiece