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Period: Sep 24, 1200 to
Renaissance Key Figures:
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Jul 9, 1441
Jan van Eyck
Country : Holy Roman Empire
Painter
One of the earliest Flemish oil painters, artist and portraitist Jan van Eyck, painted the "Adoration of the Lamb," the altarpiece for the Church of St. Bavon. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Country : Italy
Painter
The Mona Lisa , The Last Supper -
Feb 3, 1468
Johannes Gutenberg
Country : Germany
Inventor
method of printing from movable type. He printed the first book via movable type, the “Forty-Two-Line” Bible -
May 3, 1469
Niccolo Machiavelli
Country : Italy
Diplomat, Writer
The Prince, a handbook for unscrupulous politicians that inspired the term "machiavellian -
May 21, 1471
Albrecht Durer
Country : Germany
Painter
regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist. His work includes altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, engravings, and woodcuts -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Country : Italy
Painter , sculptor , architect , and poet
sculpture David and the Biblical mural covering the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel -
Feb 7, 1478
Sir Thomas More
country : England
Lawyer, Political Leader, Saint, Journalist
He is noted for coining the word "Utopia," , -
Dec 6, 1478
Baldassare Castiglione
country : Italy
courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author.
cortegiano (The Courtier) -
Mar 28, 1483
Raphael
Country : Italy
Architect, and Painter
Madonnas and his large figure compositions in the Vatican in Rome. -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare
Country : England
Playwright, Poet
English poet, dramatist, and actor, often called the English national poet, is widely considered the greatest dramatist of all time.
