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Period: Sep 24, 1200 to
Renaissance People
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Sep 24, 1395
Jan Van Eyck
Country: Maaseik
Interest:painting
Achievenments: European painter of 15th century
- Active in Bruges -
Sep 24, 1398
Johannes Gutenberg
Country: Mainz
Interest: Blacksmith, goldsmith, printer and publisher
Achievements: invented a printing press project
- first known color printing -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Country: Italy
Interest: Painter, sculptor, engineer, architect
Achievements: Had a handwritten manuscripts of over 4000 pages
- Created some of the most famous paintings including the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper -
May 3, 1469
Niccolo Machiavelli
Country: Florence
Interest: Historian, Diplomat, Philosopher, Humanist, and writer
Achievements: Wrote a pamphlet called The Prince
- He had been beaten because of a bad reputation -
May 21, 1471
Albrecht Durer
Country: Nuremberg
Interest: painter
Achievements: Began as an apprentice to his father
- several meaningful paintings -
Sep 24, 1475
Michelanglo Buonarroti
Country: Italy
Interest: Art and architect
Achievements: Interesting painting of Jesus sitting on his mother's lap
- Was commitioned a painting by a Pope -
Feb 7, 1478
Sir Thomas More
Country: London
Interest: lawyer, philosopher,author, statesman, humanist
Achievements: Known to Catholics as St.Thomas More
- Was a law student -
Dec 6, 1478
Baldassare Castiglione
Country: Mantua
Interest: courtier, diplomat, solider ,and author
Achievements: Served at a court
- Was made a Count and later an ambassador -
Apr 6, 1483
Raphael
Country: Urbino
Interest: Painter and architect
Achievements: Recieved early learning in art from his father
- considered one of the greatest painters of the High Renissance -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespear
Country: stratford-upon-avon
Interest: Poetry
Achievements: Several famous plays and poems
- regarded as greatest writer in the english language
