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Important people involved in the Renassaince and Age of Discovery
Francesco Petrarch
Father of Humanism - Collection of Love Sonnets to Laura
Giovanni Boccaccio
Decameron-
Leonardo Bruni
History of the Florentine People- separated history into three ages
Baldassare Castiglione
The Courtier- how people act in polite society
Maciavelli
The Prince- Father of Political Science- How to lead
Lorenzo Valla
Falsified the Donation of Constantine
Erasmus
In Praise of Folly- Prince of Humanism- first Christian Humanist
Thomas More
Utopia
Geoffrey Chaucer
Canterbury Tales
Michel Montaigne
Father of the Essay
Miguel Cervantes
Father of the Modern Novel- Don Quixote
Henry the Navigator
School for seafaring skills
Bartholomew Dias
Sailed around the tip of Africa
Ferdinand Magellan
Proved Asia could be reached by sailing West
Hernando Cortes
Formed alliance against Aztecs- later destroyed them
Masaccio
The Expulsion of Adam and Eve- first to show nude figures
DaVinci
Mona Lisa, The Last Supper
Raphael
The School of Athens
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgement, Pieta, David
Botticelli
The Birth of Venus
Van Eyck
The Arnolfini Wedding
Brugel
Painted pesants- Children’s Games, The Wedding Dance
Rembrant
The Night Watch
El Greco
View of Toledo
Christine Pizan and Laura Cereta
Important female writers of the Renaissance
Giotto
Bridge between Medieval and Renaissance art
Vasco Da Gama
established an all water trade route to India
