renaissance artists Flashcards
(1452–1519): Italian painter, architect, inventor, and “Renaissance man” responsible for painting “The Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper.
Leonardo da Vinci
(1466–1536): Scholar from Holland who defined the humanist movement in Northern Europe. Translator of the New Testament into Greek.
Desiderius Erasmus
(1596–1650): French philosopher and mathematician regarded as the father of modern philosophy. Famous for stating, “I think; therefore I am.”
Rene Descartes
(1564-1642): Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer whose pioneering work with telescopes enabled him to describes the moons of Jupiter and rings of Saturn. Placed under house arrest for his views of a heliocentric universe.
Galileo
(1473–1543): Mathematician and astronomer who made first modern scientific argument for the concept of a heliocentric solar system.
Nicolaus Copernicus
(1588–1679): English philosopher and author of “Leviathan.”
Thomas Hobbes
(1343–1400): English poet and author of “The Canterbury Tales.”
Geoffrey Chaucer
(1266-1337): Italian painter and architect whose more realistic depictions of human emotions influenced generations of artists.
Giotto
(1265–1321): Italian philosopher, poet, writer and political thinker who authored “The Divine Comedy.”
Dante
(1469–1527): Italian diplomat and philosopher famous for writing “The Prince” and “The Discourses on Livy.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
(1494–1536): English biblical translator, humanist and scholar burned at the stake for translating the Bible into English.
William Tyndale
(1608–1674): English poet and historian who wrote the epic poem “Paradise Lost.”
John Milton
(1564–1616): England’s “national poet” and the most famous playwright of all time, celebrated for his sonnets and plays like “Romeo and Juliet.”
William Shakespeare
(1386–1466): Italian sculptor celebrated for lifelike sculptures like “David,” commissioned by the Medici family.
Donatello
(1483–1520): Italian painter who learned from da Vinci and Michelangelo. Best known for his paintings of the Madonna and “The School of Athens.”
Raphael
