Renaissance Key Figures

  • Period: Jan 1, 1200 to

    Renassiance Key Figures

  • Jan van Eyck
    Jan 1, 1395

    Jan van Eyck

    (No exact date of birth nor place)
    He was a painter.
    He produced "Ghent Altarpiece" and used the Roman alphabet in his inscriptions.
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    Jan 1, 1398

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Born in Mainz.
    He was a blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher.
    He introduced Europe to printing and invented the printing press.
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Born in Vinci, Italy.
    He was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. He created the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
  • Niccolo Machiavelli
    May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    He was born in Florence, Italy.
    He was a historian, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer.
    He introduced realism into political theory and thought, and wrote "The Prince."
  • Albrecht Durer
    May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    Born in Nuremberg,
    Holy Roman Empire.
    He was a painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist.
    He was known for the elevation of graphic art into the realm of fine art and a vast number of woodcuts and engravings.
  • Michelangelo
    Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo

    Born in Caprese near Arezzo, Tuscany.
    He was a painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer.
    He created the Statue of David and painted the Sistine Chapel.
  • Baldassare Castiglione
    Dec 6, 1476

    Baldassare Castiglione

    He was born near Casatico.
    He was a courtier, diplomat, soldier and an author.
    He was famous for The Book of the Courtier and The Fortune of the Courtier.
  • Sir Thomas More
    Feb 7, 1478

    Sir Thomas More

    Born in the City of London.
    He was a laywer, social philosopher, author, statesman and a humanist.
    He was famous for the book, "Utopia" and he was beheaded for refusing to bow to the king of that time.
  • Raphael
    Apr 6, 1483

    Raphael

    He was born in Urbino, Marche.
    He was a painter, and an architect.
    He was famous for the Madonnas and The School of Athens.
  • William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare

    (Birth date unknown) Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
    He was a poet, playwright and actor.
    He was famous for Romeo and Juliet and aslo Hamlet.