The Renaissance Key Figures

By TarshikaM
  • Period: Jan 1, 1200 to

    Renaissance Key Figures

  • Oct 24, 1395

    Jan van Eyck

    Jan van Eyck
    Flemish
    Painter
    Invented Oil Painting
    His motto, one of the first and still most distinctive signatures in art history, ALS IK KAN ("AS I CAN").
  • Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci
    Italy
    He was an painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.
    Painted the famous Mona Lisa
    Leonardo da Vinci is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant minds in human history.
  • Feb 3, 1468

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Johannes Gutenberg
    Germany
    Was a blacksmith, goldsmith, printer.
    Publisher who introduced printing to Europe.
    Gutenberg was the first European to use movable type printing.
  • May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli
    Italian
    Historian, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance.
    A founder of modern political science.
    He also wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry.
  • May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    Albrecht Durer
    German
    Painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist.
    His prints established his reputation across Europe.
    His well-known works include the Knight, Death, and the Devil.
  • Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo Buonarroti

    Michelangelo Buonarroti
    An Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer.
    The village of Caprese, Italy.
    "The Pietá" was one of his famous pieces.
    Michelangelo also created two of the most influential works in fresco in the history of Western art: the scenes of Genesis on the ceiling and the last judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel of Rome.
  • Feb 7, 1478

    Sir Thomas More

    Sir Thomas More
    English
    Was an Lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.
    Was Lord Chancellor from October 1529 to 16 May 1532.
    He was an important councillor to Henry VIII of England.
  • Dec 6, 1478

    Baldassare Castiglione

    Baldassare Castiglione
    Italian
    He was an Courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author.
    Was known as The Courtier.
    Was one of the most powerful ambassadors.
  • Mar 28, 1483

    Raphael

    Raphael
    Italy
    Painter and Architect
    He formed the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.
    Made the famous painting, The School Of Athens.
  • Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare
    English
    Poet and playwright.
    Widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.