Renaissance People

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Petrarch

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First humanist who wrote love poems to Laura, imaginary ideal woman

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Dante

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Wrote The Divine Comedy, about heaven & hell

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Machiavelli

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Wrote The Prince, a guide on how rulers should rule

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Giotto

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Realist painter who painted St. Frances of Assisi, considered the first genius of Renaissance art

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Michaelangelo

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Painted frescoes on ceiling of Sistine Chapel, but preferred sculpture - stone carvings of biblical figures

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Raphael

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Hired by pope to paint frescoes in Vatican. Also did madonnas (of Virgin Mary)

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Erasmus

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Wrote "The Praise of Folly" - believed the church was too elaborate and ceremonial; worship should be done individually. DUTCH

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Thomas More

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Wrote "Utopia" on how world should be, if it followed true Christian principles. ENGLISH

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da Vinci

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The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, Vitruvian man - enhanced paintings with science

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Brueghel

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Painted common people in crowds - realism, secularism. FLEMISH

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Durer

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Wood carvings, sketch of praying hands, works focused on peasants. GERMAN

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Shakespeare

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Wrote works that portrayed human emotions - Hamlet, Macbeth, The Tempest. ENGLISH

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Brunelleschi

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Architect who constructed dome & cathedral in Florence - used mathematics to perfect perspective

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Cervantes

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Wrote Don Quixote - SPANISH

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Donatello

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Sculpted first bronze statue of David

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Petrarch

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First humanist who wrote love poems to Laura, imaginary ideal woman

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Dante

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Wrote The Divine Comedy, about heaven & hell

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Machiavelli

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Wrote The Prince, a guide on how rulers should rule

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Giotto

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Realist painter who painted St. Frances of Assisi, considered the first genius of Renaissance art

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Michaelangelo

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Painted frescoes on ceiling of Sistine Chapel, but preferred sculpture - stone carvings of biblical figures

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Raphael

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Hired by pope to paint frescoes in Vatican. Also did madonnas (of Virgin Mary)

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Erasmus

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Wrote "The Praise of Folly" - believed the church was too elaborate and ceremonial; worship should be done individually. DUTCH

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Thomas More

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Wrote "Utopia" on how world should be, if it followed true Christian principles. ENGLISH

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da Vinci

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The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, Vitruvian man - enhanced paintings with science

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Brueghel

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Painted common people in crowds - realism, secularism. FLEMISH

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Durer

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Wood carvings, sketch of praying hands, works focused on peasants. GERMAN

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Shakespeare

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Wrote works that portrayed human emotions - Hamlet, Macbeth, The Tempest. ENGLISH

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Brunelleschi

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Architect who constructed dome & cathedral in Florence - used mathematics to perfect perspective

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Cervantes

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Wrote Don Quixote - SPANISH

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Donatello

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Sculpted first bronze statue of David