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Renaissance Key Figures

  • Jan van Eyck
    Sep 24, 1390

    Jan van Eyck

    *Dutch
    *painter
    *most famous painting was Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride
    *completed fifteen paintings in sixty-one years
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    Sep 24, 1398

    Johannes Gutenberg

    *Germany
    *inventor
    *invented the printing press
    *first European to use movable type printing
  • Leonardo Da Vinci
    Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    *Italy
    *interested in many things. mostly painting
    *Painted the Mona Lisa
    *Painted the Last Super
  • Niccolo Machiavelli
    May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    *Italy
    *humanist, historian, diplomat
    *wrote the book The Prince
    *civil servant of the Florentine Republic
  • Albrecht Durer
    May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    *German
    *artist
    *created the Knight
    *created the Death
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti
    Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo Buonarroti

    *Italy
    *interested in many things. sculptor and painter
    *Sculpted the statue of David.
    *Painted the Sistine Chapel
  • Sir Thomas More
    Feb 7, 1478

    Sir Thomas More

    *England
    *social philosopher, humanist
    *coined the word utopia
    *wrote a book called utopia
  • Baldassare Castiglione
    Dec 6, 1478

    Baldassare Castiglione

    *Italy
    *philosopher
    *wrote The Book Of The Courtier
    *wrote a drama called Tirsi
  • Raphael
    Mar 28, 1483

    Raphael

    *Italy
    *painter
    *painted The School Of Athens
    *painted the Galatea
  • William Shakespeare
    Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare

    *England
    *playwright, poet
    *wrote Romeo and Juliet
    *died on his birthday