paintings + important people during the european renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci

Known as the Renaissance man/polymath. He was a painter, scientist, inventor, sculptor, and engineer.

Known for The Mona Lisa and The Last supper

Michaelangelo Buonarroti

A painter, sculptor, and architect. Famous for The Sistine Chapel ceiling and the statue David.

Raphael

Worked mainly in Rome. Most famous for the School of Athens

Dante Alighieri

Wrote the Divine Comedy

Petrarch

Scholar and poet, known as the “Father of Humanism,” he travelled around Europe collecting classical writings

Erasmus

Dutch Christian Humanist, the greatest scholar of the Northern Renaissance. Influencial in the Protestant Reformation.

Niccolo Machiavelli

wrote the Prince, a handbook for rulers. supported absolute power and believed “The ends justify the means” A Machiavellian” is considered unscupulous or immoral.

Italian Art

Focused on classical forms, idealism, perspective and mythological themes

Northern

Emphasized meticulous realism, surface detail and intimate religious narratives

Sandro Botticelli

Known for mythological subjects. Famous for the Birth of Venus.

Mona Lisa, Leonardo Da Vinci

The Last Supper, Leonardo Da vinci

Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo Buonarroti

David, Michelangelo Buonarotti

Pieta, Michelangelo Buonarotti

Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli

School of Athens, Raphael

Scandinavia