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Period: Jan 1, 1200 to
Renaissance
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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