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Renaissance Figures
Renaissance Era
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The period of “rebirth” and creativity that
followed Europe’s Middle Ages.
Brunelleschi
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Italian architect, he used mathematical
formulas to design strong buildings like Il
Duomo.
Michelangelo
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Painter and sculptor who, for example,
painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Raphael
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An Italian painter and architect of the High
Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection
and grace of his paintings and drawings.
Titian
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The leading painter of the 16th-century, Titian
was one of the most versatile of Italian
painters, equally adept with portraits,
landscape backgrounds, and mythological
and religious subjects.
Leonardo da Vinci
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Inventor and artist who sketched early tanks
and cars and painted the Mona Lisa.
Galileo
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Created a powerful telescope and was the
first to observe and record sunspots
Copernicus

Published the theory that the Earth was not
the center of the universe. (Heliocentric
Theory)
Kepler
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A German mathematician, astronomer, and
astrologer, and a key figure in the 17th
century scientific revolution.
Johann Gutenberg
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Invented moveable type printing press
Vesalius
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Published detailed descriptions of the human
anatomy.
Erasmus
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A Dutch priest and author who criticized
corrupt clergy, which helped inspire the
Protestant Reformation.
Cervantes
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Wrote Don Quixote.
Petrarch
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Early Italian Renaissance scholar, he wrote
about the importance of knowing history.
Sir Thomas More
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An English lawyer, author, and statesman
who in his lifetime gained a reputation as a
leading Renaissance humanist scholar.
Dante
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Italian Renaissance poet, he wrote The
Divine Comedy in the Italian language.
Shakespeare
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Playwright and author who wrote the play
Romeo and Juliet, among others