Renaissance People

Who was the Polish astronomer who discovered the sun centered universe?

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Francis Bacon

Who was the English statesman and philosopher who created the scientific method?

• Shakespeare

• Francis Bacon

• William Harvey

• Galileo

Who was the Italian painter, sculptor, engineer, scientist, who also wrote notebooks backwards?

• Galileo

• Machiavelli

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Cosimo de Medici

Who was the Italian scientist who improved the telescope and proved heliocentric theory?

• Copernicus

• Cosimo de Medici

• Machiavelli

• Galileo

Who was the Italian architect who designed the dome of Florence?

• Brunelleschi

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Machiavelli

Who was the Italian artist who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

• William Harvey

• Sofonisba Anguissola

• Christine de Pisan

• Michelangelo

Who was an influential German artist who brought the Renaissance from Italy to northern Europe?

• Copernicus

• Albrecht Durer

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

Who was the ruler of England that spoke several languages, wrote poetry, and was a patron of the arts?

• Sofonisba Anguissola

• Christine de Pisan

• Elizabeth I

• Isabella of Castille

Who was the English scientist who discovered how blood circulates through the body?

• Francis Bacon

• William Harvey

• Petrarch

• Galileo

Who was a famous Italian woman artist who painted portraits?

• Elizabeth I

• Isabelle of Castile

• Christine de Pisan

• Sofonisba Anguissola