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Period: 1386 BCE to Dec 12, 1466
Donatello
Donatello was one of greatest Italian Renaissance artists, noted especially for his sculptures in marble, bronze, and wood. -
Period: Apr 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519
Leonardo da Vinci
His natural genius crossed so many disciplines that he epitomized the term “Renaissance man.” Today he remains best known for his art, including two paintings that remain among the world's most famous and admired, Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Art, da Vinci believed, was indisputably connected with science and nature. -
Period: Mar 6, 1475 to Feb 18, 1564
Michelangelo
Michelangelo first gained notice in his 20s for his sculptures of the Pietà (1499) and David (1501) and cemented his fame with the ceiling frescoes of the Sistine Chapel (1508–12). He was celebrated for his art's complexity, physical realism, psychological tension, and thoughtful consideration of space, light, and shadow. -
Period: Apr 6, 1483 to Apr 6, 1520
Raphael
Raphael is best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. -
Period: Jun 18, 1577 to
Peter Paul
Peter Paul Rubens is famous for his inventive and dynamic paintings of religious and mythological subjects, though he also painted portraits and landscapes. He is regarded as one of the greatest painters of the 17th-century Baroque period. -
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Rembrandt
Known for his self-portraits and biblical scenes, Dutch artist Rembrandt is considered to be one of the greatest painters in European history. -
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Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh was a post-Impressionist painter whose work — notable for its beauty, emotion and color — highly influenced 20th-century art. He struggled with mental illness and remained poor and virtually unknown throughout his life. -
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, famous for paintings like 'Guernica' and for the art movement known as Cubism.