Renaissance Key Figures

By Hendrix70
  • Period: Jan 1, 1200 to

    Renaissance

  • Sep 24, 1395

    Jan van Eyck

    Germany
    Painter
    Unknown D.O.B or D.O.D
  • Sep 24, 1398

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Germany
    Engraver,printer, and inventor
    Invented printing press and first to use oil based ink
  • Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Italy
    painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, and inventor
    Painted Mona Lisa and Last Supper
  • May 3, 1465

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Italy
    Historian, diplomat, philosopher, and writer
    Wrote "The Prince" and "Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livy "
  • Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo Buonarroti

    Italy
    Painter/Sculpter
    Statue of David/Painting of Sistine Chapel
  • Dec 6, 1476

    Baldassare Castiglione

    Italy
    Italian courtier, soldier, diplomat and author
    Wrote the Book of Courtier
  • Feb 7, 1478

    Sir Thomas More

    England
    Author, philosipher, lawyer, and statesman
    Refused to accept king as head of the church of England and wrote Utopia
  • Apr 6, 1483

    Raphael(Raffaello)

    Italy
    Painter/Architect
    Appointed the chief architect of Saint Peter's Basilica in 1514/ Painted Sistine Madona in 1516
  • Apr 26, 1564

    William Shakespeare

    England
    Playwright, poet, actor
    Wrote Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet

  • Albrecht Durer

    Germany
    Painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist
    Wrote The Knight, Death, and The Devil and brought heavy Italian influence in art back to Germany