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  • Jan van Eyck
    Jul 9, 1441

    Jan van Eyck

    He acquired work with a prince with a very high salary one of the best Flemish painters of the time, until his death.
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    Sep 21, 1468

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Gutenberg pioneered a process for mass-producing movable type German goldsmith
  • Leonardo Da Vinci
    Sep 20, 1495

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Leonardo was one of the three greatest artists of High Renaissance
    Most known for the last supper and mona lisa
  • baldassare Castiglione
    Sep 21, 1496

    baldassare Castiglione

    he wrote a book called The Book Of The Courtier. Castiglione also wrote a drama called Tirsi in 1506.
  • Raphael
    Sep 21, 1502

    Raphael

    His first documented commission was an altarpiece, due for completion by September of 1502.
    Raphael was appointed commissioner of antiquities
  • Niccolo machiavelli
    Sep 21, 1504

    Niccolo machiavelli

    Known as The father of modern political theory He wrote a historical writing 'Florentine Histories, The Discourses,
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti
    Sep 21, 1508

    Michelangelo Buonarroti

    "The Pietá" a marble sculpture of Jesus dead on the lap of Mary his mother after the crucifixion, also the statue of David from the famous bible story. Genesis on the ceiling
  • Albrecht Durer
    Sep 21, 1509

    Albrecht Durer

    the elevation of graphic art into the realm of fine art Dürer's Portrait of His Father (1490) in Florence
  • Sir Thomas More
    Sep 21, 1535

    Sir Thomas More

    best known for his dedication to the Catholic Church. He first coined the word "Utopia" in his work of the same name.
  • William shakespere

    William shakespere

    His 38 plays, 154 sonnets and 2 narratives. His most famous plays include a midsummer nights dream, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Macbeth.