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1 Famous Folks of the Renaissance

2 Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti
Sculptor, Poet, Architect, Painter Used a realistic style when depicting the human body in paintings and sculptures Figures were forceful & showed heroic grandeur Statue of David Influenced by classical statues 1501 to 1504 18 ft tall

3 …or just…Michelangelo!
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel Painted while lying on his back scaffolding

4 Leonardo da Vinci Painter, Sculptor, Inventor, Scientist
Filled notebooks with his observations and sketches Wrote them backwards The Mona Lisa One of the best known portraits in the world “Mona” means “Ma’am” or “My Lady” in Italian. Mona Lisa refers to the subject, a married woman by the name of Lisa Gherardini

5 Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper
Meant to show the personalities of Jesus’ disciples through facial expressions

6 William Shakespeare Playwright Born in 1564
Plays had a masterful command of the English language, examined human flaws MacBeth Hamlet Othello Romeo and Juliet King Lear

7 Desiderius Erasmus Christian Humanist
Believed in Christianity of the heart, not one full of ceremonies and rules The Praise of Folly 1509 Poked fun at greedy merchants, pompous priests, scholars and lovers

8 Francesco Petrarch Poet
One of the earliest and most influential humanists Wrote in Italian and Latin

9 Johann Gutenberg Craftsman from Germany 1440 Printing press
Made it possible to produce books quickly and cheaply Increased literacy and spread the ideas of the Renaissance and the Reformation across Europe! In 1445, he printed the first complete book on the press Gutenberg Bible (printed in English, French, and German…the vernacular!)

10 Raphael Real name was Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, but commonly referred to as simply Raphael Younger than Michelangelo and da Vinci – learned from studying their works School of Athens (revival of Ancient Greece) Painted on the walls of Pope Julius’ library

11 Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
Italian historian, author Book: The Prince Examines how a ruler can gain power and keep it in spite of his enemies Not concerned with what was morally right, but what was politically effective

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