Renaissance Key Figures

Renaissance Key Figures

Period: Jan 1, 1395 to Jan 1, 1564

Jan van Eyck

Sep 24, 1395

Maesheyck, diocese of Liège
Flemish painter active in Bruges
Painted the Ghent Altarpiece and Madonna of Chancellor Rolin,

Johannes Gutenberg

Sep 24, 1398

Mainz, Electorate of Mainz
German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher
introduced printing to Europe, and His invention of mechanical movable type printing started the Printing Revolution

Leonardo da Vinci

Apr 15, 1452

Italy
Painter, writer, inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, musician, and a philosospher.
Painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

Niccolo Machiavelli

May 3, 1469

Florence
Italian historian, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer
He wrote The Prince and Discourses on Livy

Albrecht Durer

May 21, 1471

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist.
His well-known works include the Knight, Death, and the Devil

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Mar 6, 1475

Arezzo, Tuscany
sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and enigneer
Painted the Sistine Chapel in Rome and sculpted Pieta ,mary the mother of Jesus

Baldassare Castiglione

Dec 6, 1476

Casatico, near Mantua
italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a renaissance author.
Wrote "The Courtier" and "Amorose canzoni"

Sir Thomas More

Feb 7, 1478

London
English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and Renaissance humanist.
His novel "Utopia" and he was elected to Parliament to represent Great Yarmouth

Raphael

Mar 28, 1483

Urbino, Marche
painter and architect
Painted "The school of Athens" and "The Madonna of the Meadow"

William Shakespeare

Apr 26, 1564

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
English poet and playwright
Wrote "Hamlet" and "King Lear"