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Details Title: 0 - Renaissance People Description: Famous People of the Renaissance Total Flash Cards: 33 Created: 12/19/2006 17:45:01	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Cenni di Pepo Cimabue Definition (1240 - 1302) Florentine painter, known as the last great Byzantine painter and the discoverer of Giotto (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Duccio Definition (1255 - 1319) First great Sienese painter; the "Giotto of Sienna" (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Giotto Definition (1267 - 1337) Recognized as the first genius of art of the Renaissance; father of modern painting (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Simone Martini Definition (1280 - 1344) Influential and original Sienese painter (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Lorenzetti Brothers Definition (1290 - 1348) Pietro & Ambrogio; First Sienese to adopt dramatic, naturalistic techniques, such as those of Giotto in Florence (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Limbourg Brothers Definition (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) (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Petrarch Definition (1304 - 1374) Italian poet, scholar, humanist; coined the term "renaissance" (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Dante Alighieri Definition (1265 - 1321) Florentine poet, best known for the "Divine Commedia" (Divine Comedy), a poem about Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Filippo Brunelleschi Definition (1377 - 1446) Architect; (Re)discovered linear perspective; best known for designing the Cuplola of the Duomo (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Leon Battista Alberti Definition (1404 - 1472) Codified perspective in 3 books, "On Painting," "On Sculpture," and "On Architecture" (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Paulo Uccello Definition (1397 - 1475) Best known for his battle scene; enamoured with the discovery of perspective (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Sandro Botticelli Definition (1485 - 1477) Florentine painter, best known for his "Birth of Venus" and "Primavera" which epitomized the Renaissance (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Domenico Ghirlandaio Definition (1449 - 1494) Florentine painter, with a solid but old-fashioned style (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Masaccio Definition (1401 - 1427) Term Fra Giovanni Angelico Definition (1395 - 1455) Early Renaissance painter and friar (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Giorgio Vasari Definition (1511 - 1574) known for his famous biographies of many Italian artists (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Lorenzo Ghiberti Definition (1378 - 1455) Italian artist; won the contest for the doors of the Florence baptistry (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Donatello Definition (1386 - 1466) Sculptor; one of the most well-known Italian Renaissance sculptors (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Claus Sluter Definition (1350 - 1406) North Renaissance sculptor of the International Gothic style; most famous for his Moses Well (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Nicola Pisano Definition (active 1258-1278) Sculptor who discovered the Classical works while young; inspired (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Johannes van Eyck Definition (1385-1441) Flemish painter who mastered oils, painting vivid scenes in painstaking detail; known for the Ghent Altarpiece and the Arnolfini Wedding (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Andrea Mantegna Definition (1431-1506) Italian painter who delighted in trompe-l'oiel effects and unexpected viewpoints; best known for his paintings in the Ducal Palace (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Gentileda Fabriano Definition (1370-1427) Italian painter who continued to work in the International Gothic style (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Leonardo da Vinci Definition (1452-1519) Italian Renaissance Man: painter, sculptor, engineer, musician, scientist, mathematician, ... ; best known for his Mona Lisa and The Last Supper (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Michelangelo Buonarroti Definition (1475-1564) Italian sculptor, painter, and architect; best known for his Pietá and David (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Raphael (Raffaello) Definition (1483-1520) Master painter in Florence; celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Donato Bramante Definition (1444-1514) Architect who introduced the Renaissance style to Milan and Rome; best known for his design for New St. Peter's Basilica (14-16 Renaissance People) Term The Medicis Definition Rich and influential family in Florence; major patrons of the arts and radical humanists (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Piero della Francesca Definition (1420-1492) Early Renaissance painter (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Fra Filippo Lippi Definition (1406-1469) Florentine painter of the early Renaissance (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Robert Campin Definition (1375-1444) Great master of Flemish painting; known for his realistic observation paintings (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Rogier van der Weyden Definition (1399-1464) One of the great Flemish painters of the 15th century (14-16 Renaissance People) Term Hugo van der Goes Definition (1440-1482) Flemish painter, famous for his Portinari Triptych Altarpiece (14-16 Renaissance People)