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renaissance key figures

  • jan van eyck
    Sep 25, 1395

    jan van eyck

    It is known from historical record that van Eyck was considered a revolutionary master
    known for the altarpiece
    maaseik
    painter
  • Period: Sep 24, 1400 to

    timespan

  • leonardo da vinci
    Apr 15, 1452

    leonardo da vinci

    Known as a famous painter.
    known as a Renaissance man.
    Italy
    Painter
  • johannes gutenberg
    Feb 3, 1468

    johannes gutenberg

    started the printing revolution
    major work was the gutenberg bible
    germany
    Ingraver
  • niccolo machiavelli
    May 3, 1469

    niccolo machiavelli

    known for his book "II Principe"
    was a sliver servant of floren time republic
    Italy
    Philosopher
  • albrecht durer
    May 21, 1471

    albrecht durer

    known for his work "the knight"
    his watercolors marked him as the first landscape artists
    holy roman empire
    printmaker,painter
  • michelango buonarrotielo
    Mar 6, 1475

    michelango buonarrotielo

    considered greatest artists of his life time
    known as a renaissance man
    Italy
    Painter, sculptor
  • Sir thomas more
    Feb 7, 1478

    Sir thomas more

    He was an important councillor to Henry VIII of England
    known for utopia
    english lawyer
    england
  • baldassare castiglione
    Dec 6, 1478

    baldassare castiglione

    was a italian courtier
    known for the book of courtier
    Italy
    Renaissance author
  • Raphael
    Mar 28, 1483

    Raphael

    known for School of Athens
    Painted the madonnas
    Painter
    Italy
  • william shakespear
    Apr 23, 1564

    william shakespear

    known for his play hamlet
    he had no education but still wrote all his plays
    england
    poet, actor, dramatists