The Renaissance Key Figures

Leonardo da Vinci

Apr 15, 1452

-Italy
-Painter, sculpter, architect, musician, scientist, mathmatician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartogropher, botanist, and writer
-He painted the Mona Lisa, and he was known as the "Renaissance Man"

Johannes Gutenburg

Feb 3, 1468

-Germany
-Blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher
-He introduced printing to Europe, and he invented the machanical movable type.

Niccolo Michiavelli

May 3, 1469

-Italy
-Historian, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer
-He was a civil servant of the Florentine Republic, and he wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry

Albrecht Durer

May 21, 1471

-Germany
-Painter, printmaker, engraver, mathmatician, and theorist
-Regarded as the greatest artist of Northern Renaissance, and he created the elevation of graphic art

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Mar 6, 1475

-Italy
-Sculter, painter, architect, poet, engineer
-He painted the Sistine Chapel in Rome, and he was considered the greatest living artist of his lifetime

Sir Thomas More

Feb 7, 1478

-England
-Lawyer, philosopher, author, statesman, and humanist
-He was an important counsillor to Henry VIII of England, and he was canonized Pope Pius XI

Baldassare Castiglione

Dec 6, 1478

-Italy
-Courtier, diplomat, and soldier
-He was an Italian courtier and a prominent Renaissance author

Raphael

Apr 6, 1483

-Italy
-Painter and architect
-He made the School of Athens, and he was extremely influential

William Shakespeare

Apr 26, 1564

-England
-Poet and playwright
- Known as the greatest writer of all time, and he was called England's national poet

Jan van Eyck

Sep 24, 2012

-Europe
-Painter
-He was considered one of the most significant Northern Europeans, he painted the Arnolfini Wedding.