Individuals of the Renaissance

One of the greatest examples of a “Renaissance Man”. Famous works: The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

• Cosimo De Medici

• Donatello

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Collin Firth

Italian sculptor celebrated for lifelike sculptures like the bronze figure of David commissioned by the Medici family.

• Francesco Petrarca

• Donatello

• Brunelleschi

• Da Vinci

Italian painter who learned from da Vinci and Michelangelo. Best known for his paintings of the Madonna and “The School of Athens.”

• Raphael

• Copernicus

• Gallileo

• Medici

Italian sculptor, painter, and architect who carved “David” and painted The Sistine Chapel in Rome.

• Raphael

• Michaelangelo

• Donatello

• Titan

Mathematician and astronomer who made first modern scientific argument for the concept of a heliocentric solar system.

• Desiderius Erasmus

• Tintorreto

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Bosch

French philosopher and mathematician regarded as the father of modern philosophy. Famous for stating, “I think; therefore I am.”

• Giorgio Vasari

• El Greco

• John Locke

• Rene Descartes

One of the fathers of modern political theory. “The Prince” was first published as a pamphlet in 1513. In it, he outlined his vision of an ideal leader: an amoral, calculating tyrant for whom the end justifies the means.

• Martin Luther

• Dante Alighieri

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Thomas Moore

Considered the greatest English-speaking writer in history and the most famous playwright of all time, celebrated for his sonnets and plays like “Twelfth Night”

• William Shakespeare

• Francis Bacon

• Johannes Kepler

• Thomas Moore

German who invented the mechanical movable-type printing press in the middle of the 15th century. For the first time, it was possible to make books–and, by extension, knowledge–widely available.

• Johann Reuchlin

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Johannes Kepler

• Albrecht Dürer