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Jul 9, 1441
Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck is the most famous member of a family of painters traditionally believed to have originated from the town of Maaseik, in the diocese of Liège. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci, a noted Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist. -
Feb 3, 1468
Johannes Gutenberg
In 1439, he became the global inventor of the mechanical printing press. He also produced the Gutenberg Bible. country Mainz, Germany. -
May 3, 1469
NIccolo Machiavelli
were that he created one of the worlds famous books called, "The Prince". -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo Buonarroti
were in sculpture and painting, works, the relief sculpture Battle of Centaurs (Casa Buonarroti, Florence). country Renaissance Italy. -
Feb 7, 1478
Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas More was a lawyer, statesman, social humanist, and noted author. He coined the word "utopia" in his work by the same name. He was beheaded for his opposition to the separation of the king of England from the Catholic Church and eventually sainted within the Catholic religion. -
Mar 28, 1483
Raphael
greatest achievements are the frescoes in the pope's appartments, painted in 1510 - 1511. Designed to showed the Catholic church -
Apr 6, 1528
Albrecht Durer
For his paintings and traveling to Italy. One of the most significant achievements of Albrecht Durer was to? -
Dec 6, 1529
Baldassare Castiglione
The Book of the Courtier, presented as a dialogue among members of the court at Urbino, combines Medieval and Classical ideals, and says a courtier must be both a soldier and a scholar. -
Apr 26, 1564
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare has an endless list of wonderful achievements. If I were to walk the streets, anywhere, asking people if they have heard of Shakespeare, I would not get many answers saying “no”.
