Famous People of the renaissance
The Medici Family Wealthiest family in Florence Renaissance begins here Use wealth to make city beautiful
Petrarch He studied history to share classical history He was a poet He thought if you didn’t know history, you would repeat it Wrote about Humanist Ideas (That individuals are worthy,not just nobles/God)
Dante “Divine comedy’ Book written in vernacular (common language) References to Classical Civilizations like Virgil (roman Poet) This painting depicts Hades
Shakespeare Considered the greatest writer in the English language He coined many words and Quotes we still use today! We see the death scene from Romeo and Juliette
Michelangelo Sculptor, painter Studied classical sculptors, so his sculptures could be seen “in the round” or from any angle Sculptures were realistic or “come to life” Sculptures were huge, 17 ft tall Most famous painting, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel shown here You see the “touch of life” from God to Adam
Da Vinci Mona Lisa-most famous painting in the Renaissance He was a vegetarian Studied Anatomy to paint more realistically Painter,inventor,sculpter, mathmatician,engineer Inventions include helicoper/submarine
Boticelli
Gutenberg Develops the movable type printer allows letters to be rearranged on next page Results in more books printed cost of books go down Cheaper books allow anyone access to knowledge Knowledge is spread faster/further
Machiavelli “The Prince”,book about politics Rulers shouldn’t be good/bad but do what really worked Rulers should be feared more than loved Rulers should lie if it helped them rule The “ends justify the means” This means that a goal is so important that you do anything,no matter how bad, to achieve it