Kunes.NatalieBane.Renaissace..A great age in art

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  • Feb 23, 1276

    Giotto

    Giotto
    Lived until 1337. Magnificent early realist painter.
  • Jan 23, 1304

    Francesco Petrarch

    Francesco Petrarch
    He lived from 1304 to 1374. Became a scholar and a teacher. He also wrote poetry like the Sonnets to Laura, an imaginary ideal woman.
  • Feb 23, 1401

    Masaccio

    Masaccio
    Another realist painter. Used light and shadows to create a powerful sense of depth in his painting.
  • Feb 23, 1450

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Became the first Europen to use movable type to print books. Used his printing press to make copies of the bible
  • Feb 23, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci
    Lived until 1519. Was an architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, and sceintist. He made sketches of plants and animals, as well as detailed drawings of a flying machine and a submarine. Made the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa
  • Feb 23, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli
    Lived until 1527. Wrote the essay The Prince. He believed the government should only focus on power and political sucess. When one says that they have rutheless behavior to get a head they are known as "Michiavellian". He is considered a humanist.
  • Feb 23, 1475

    Michelangelo

    Michelangelo lived until 1564. Was a brilliant painter. He made David, and wrote poetry.
  • Feb 23, 1478

    Baldassare Castiglione

    Lived until 1529.. In 1528 he published his most famous book The Book of Courtier. Explains how gentlemen and gentle women should act in soceity.
  • Feb 23, 1483

    Rafael

    Lived until 1520. Became so popular in Florence that the pope hired him to help beautify the Vatican. Painted the papal chambers. Knows for madonnas, paintings of the virgin mary.
  • Feb 23, 1488

    Titian

    Lived until 1576 spent most of his life in Venice. Works such as The Assumption of the Virgin known for drama and rish colors.