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Jul 9, 1441
Jan van Eyck
He acquired work with a prince with a very high salary one of the best Flemish painters of the time, until his death. -
Sep 21, 1468
Johannes Gutenberg
Gutenberg pioneered a process for mass-producing movable type German goldsmith -
Sep 20, 1495
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo was one of the three greatest artists of High Renaissance
Most known for the last supper and mona lisa -
Sep 21, 1496
baldassare Castiglione
he wrote a book called The Book Of The Courtier. Castiglione also wrote a drama called Tirsi in 1506. -
Sep 21, 1502
Raphael
His first documented commission was an altarpiece, due for completion by September of 1502.
Raphael was appointed commissioner of antiquities -
Sep 21, 1504
Niccolo machiavelli
Known as The father of modern political theory He wrote a historical writing 'Florentine Histories, The Discourses, -
Sep 21, 1508
Michelangelo Buonarroti
"The Pietá" a marble sculpture of Jesus dead on the lap of Mary his mother after the crucifixion, also the statue of David from the famous bible story. Genesis on the ceiling -
Sep 21, 1509
Albrecht Durer
the elevation of graphic art into the realm of fine art Dürer's Portrait of His Father (1490) in Florence -
Sep 21, 1535
Sir Thomas More
best known for his dedication to the Catholic Church. He first coined the word "Utopia" in his work of the same name. -
William shakespere
His 38 plays, 154 sonnets and 2 narratives. His most famous plays include a midsummer nights dream, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Macbeth.
