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Mar 4, 1276
Giotto
He was a magnificent early realist painter. The paintings look so real that an observer tried to brush one of the flys in the painting. -
Mar 3, 1300
Renaissance
A movement began in italy that would alter how europeans viewed themselves and their world. philosophical and artistic movement -
Mar 4, 1304
Francesco Petrarch
He was one of the first humanists wo bcame famous as a scholar and a teacher. He wrote poetry like his sonnets to Laura are considered some of the freatest love poems in literature -
Mar 4, 1401
Masaccio
He was another important realist painter. Used light and shadows to create a powerful sense of depth in his paintings. -
Mar 4, 1452
leonardo da vinci
He was an architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, and scientist. he is most known for the paintinds " last super" and " Mona Lisa". -
Mar 4, 1475
Michelangelo
He was a brilliant painteer who painted " the Sistine Chapel". His sculptures was of biblical figures like "David" -
Mar 4, 1483
Rafael
Popular in Florence that the pope hired him to help make the Vanican beautiful. He also painted the paintings of the Virgin Mary. -
Mar 4, 1488
Titian
Titian was one of the first painters to be wealty from his work. He painted "The Assumption of the Virgin" which was know for it's rich colors and drama. -
Mar 3, 1513
niccolo Machiavelli
He wrote the essay "the prince". Sought to describe government not in terms of lofty ideals but in the way it actually worked. -
Mar 4, 1528
Baldassare Castiglione
He was an Italian diplomat. He publised one of the most famous renaissance book called "The Book of the Courtier".