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Key Figures of the Renaissance

Key Figures of the Renaissance . Leonardo da Vinci. Considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person to have ever lived Sculptor, architect, scientist, inventor, engineer, artist The “Renaissance Man” Known for Mona Lisa

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Key Figures of the Renaissance

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  1. Key Figures of the Renaissance

  2. Leonardo da Vinci • Considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person to have ever lived • Sculptor, architect, scientist, inventor, engineer, artist • The “Renaissance Man” • Known for • Mona Lisa • The Last Supper • Vitruvian Man

  3. Michelangelo • Sculptor, painter, architect, engineer • Known for • Statue of David • Sistine Chapel Ceiling • The Last Judgment • Pieta

  4. Raphael • Painter and architect • Known for • The School of Athens • Frescos in the Vatican • Madonnas (paintings of the mother mary)

  5. Johannes Gutenberg • Invented movable type on the printing press • Made printing much faster and cheaper! • The Bible = first major book to be printed with movable type • People could now read it for themselves and started to question the Church!

  6. William Shakespeare • Wrote many plays and sonnets during the Golden Age of Queen Elizabeth in England • Plays were performed at the Globe • Only male actors • Known for works such as Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth etc.

  7. Geoffrey Chaucer • Author, poet, philosopher • Often called the Father of English Literature • One of the first writers to write in the vernacular • Known for his work The Canterbury Tales

  8. Sir Thomas More • English philosopher, humanist and statesmen • Wrote books: Utopia, and History of King Richard III. • Worked closely with Henry VIII who later had him arrested and executed • Is a Saint in the Catholic Church

  9. Isabella D’Este • Considered the First Lady of the Renaissance • Patron of the arts and a leader in fashion • Patron of arts for artists such as Leonardo Da Vinci

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