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1591 BCE
Leonardo da Vinci
The mona lisa was painted sometime between 1503 and 1519, when Leonardo was living in Florence -
1546 BCE
Martin Luther
Through his words and actions, Luther precipitated a movement that reformulated certain basic tenets of Christian belief -
1504 BCE
Raphael
Raphael is best known for his "Madonnas," including the Sistine Madonna, and for his large figure compositions in the Palace of the Vatican in Rome. -
Period: 1475 BCE to 1564 BCE
Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet -
1434 BCE
The Medici family
French Médicis, Italian bourgeois family that ruled Florence and, later, Tuscany during most of the period from 1434 to 1737 -
1422 BCE
Jan van Eyck
His naturalistic panel paintings, mostly portraits and religious subjects, made extensive use of disguised religious symbols. -
1386 BCE
Donatello
A sculptor who revolutionized the art in Florence during the early Renaissance. -
1300 BCE
Renaissance
the movement in Europe between medieval and modern times beginning.