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Famous People of the Renaissance
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12/19/2006

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Cenni di Pepo Cimabue
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(1240 - 1302) Florentine painter, known as the last great Byzantine painter and the discoverer of Giotto
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Duccio
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(1255 - 1319) First great Sienese painter; the "Giotto of Sienna"
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Giotto
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(1267 - 1337) Recognized as the first genius of art of the Renaissance; father of modern painting
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Simone Martini
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(1280 - 1344) Influential and original Sienese painter
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Lorenzetti Brothers
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(1290 - 1348) Pietro & Ambrogio; First Sienese to adopt dramatic, naturalistic techniques, such as those of Giotto in Florence
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Limbourg Brothers
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(1385 - 1416) Herman, Paul & Johan; famous Dutch miniaturist painters, best known for illumination of "Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry" (Book of Rich Hours)
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Petrarch
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(1304 - 1374) Italian poet, scholar, humanist; coined the term "renaissance"
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Dante Alighieri
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(1265 - 1321) Florentine poet, best known for the "Divine Commedia" (Divine Comedy), a poem about Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise
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Filippo Brunelleschi
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(1377 - 1446) Architect; (Re)discovered linear perspective; best known for designing the Cuplola of the Duomo
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Leon Battista Alberti
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(1404 - 1472) Codified perspective in 3 books, "On Painting," "On Sculpture," and "On Architecture"
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Paulo Uccello
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(1397 - 1475) Best known for his battle scene; enamoured with the discovery of perspective
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Sandro Botticelli
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(1485 - 1477) Florentine painter, best known for his "Birth of Venus" and "Primavera" which epitomized the Renaissance
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Domenico Ghirlandaio
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(1449 - 1494) Florentine painter, with a solid but old-fashioned style
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Masaccio
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(1401 - 1427)
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Fra Giovanni Angelico
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(1395 - 1455) Early Renaissance painter and friar
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Giorgio Vasari
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(1511 - 1574) known for his famous biographies of many Italian artists
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Lorenzo Ghiberti
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(1378 - 1455) Italian artist; won the contest for the doors of the Florence baptistry
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Donatello
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(1386 - 1466) Sculptor; one of the most well-known Italian Renaissance sculptors
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Claus Sluter
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(1350 - 1406) North Renaissance sculptor of the International Gothic style; most famous for his Moses Well
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Nicola Pisano
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(active 1258-1278) Sculptor who discovered the Classical works while young; inspired
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Johannes van Eyck
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(1385-1441) Flemish painter who mastered oils, painting vivid scenes in painstaking detail; known for the Ghent Altarpiece and the Arnolfini Wedding
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Andrea Mantegna
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(1431-1506) Italian painter who delighted in trompe-l'oiel effects and unexpected viewpoints; best known for his paintings in the Ducal Palace
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Gentileda Fabriano
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(1370-1427) Italian painter who continued to work in the International Gothic style
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Leonardo da Vinci
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(1452-1519) Italian Renaissance Man: painter, sculptor, engineer, musician, scientist, mathematician, ... ; best known for his Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
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Michelangelo Buonarroti
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(1475-1564) Italian sculptor, painter, and architect; best known for his Pietá and David
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Raphael (Raffaello)
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(1483-1520) Master painter in Florence; celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings
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Donato Bramante
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(1444-1514) Architect who introduced the Renaissance style to Milan and Rome; best known for his design for New St. Peter's Basilica
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The Medicis
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Rich and influential family in Florence; major patrons of the arts and radical humanists
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Piero della Francesca
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(1420-1492) Early Renaissance painter
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Fra Filippo Lippi
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(1406-1469) Florentine painter of the early Renaissance
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Robert Campin
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(1375-1444) Great master of Flemish painting; known for his realistic observation paintings
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Rogier van der Weyden
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(1399-1464) One of the great Flemish painters of the 15th century
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Hugo van der Goes
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(1440-1482) Flemish painter, famous for his Portinari Triptych Altarpiece
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