Artists Flashcards
Lorenzo Ghiberti
1378-1455, Florence, deferred to life as a goldsmith to become the first architect
Jan Van Eyck
1395-1441, Maaseik, most famous Flemish painter of the 15th century, No record of his birthdate survives
Benvenuto Cellini
1500-1571, Florence, spent his early life in Rome for Pope Clement VI as a musician, then worked for Francis I, and later Florence, he committed two murders, claims he defended Rome from an attack, goldsmith, wrote an autobiography of the Renaissance
Quentin Massys
1465-1530, Leuven, he had a total of 13 children from two marriages
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1475-1564, Caprese, commissioned to create the David by Arte de la lana
Jan Gossart
1478-1532, Maubeuge, painted many secular nudes, He painted many intensely personal paintings
Andrea Mantegna
1431-1506, Isola di Cartura, had a dominant influence on northern Italian painting for 50 years
Albrecht Durer
1471-1528, Nurnberg, worked in Nurnberg, Italy, and the Netherlands, son of a goldsmith, served Maximilian I, The greatest German painter of the Renaissance
Tomasso Cassai (Masaccio)
1401-1428, San Giovanni Valdarno, he used a more simplistic and unique style in his works
Titziano Vecellio (Titian)
1490-1576, Pieve di Cadore, worked very closely with his family members
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1525-1569, Brogel, used egg yolk as a material in his paintings, He painted many paintings dealing with peasants
Rafaello Sanzio (Raphael)
1483-1520, Urbino, summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II, He worked for the Vatican for an extensive amount of time
Hans Holbein the Younger
1497-1543, Augsburg, painted King Henry VIII
Leonardo da Vinci
1452-1519, Vinci, He designed war machines for the Duke of Milan, He usually did not finish his works like St. Jerome, Adoration of the Magi, or Benois Madonne, studied many things like astronomy, anatomy, mathematics, science, nature, in essence- the true renaissance man
