April 16, 2014

The Renaissance and it’s

Famous People

Homework:

Michelangelo:

The Italian Sculptor & Painter

• Lived: 1475 – 1564

• From: Florence, Italy

• Personality/Training: Bad temper, ambitious, & religious,

studied art, sculpture and painting

• Talents/Achievements: Painter & Sculptor. Show emotion,

human beauty, & very lifelike. Influenced others. Greatest

achievements: Pieta, David, Moses & the Sistine Chapel

(which caused him to go blind) of Rome.

David

Pieta

The Sistine Chapel

Titian:

The Italian Painter

• Lived: 1488 - 1576

• From: Italian Alps

• Personality/Training: Generous & Persuasive. Studied

painting, especially frescos in Rome and Florence

• Talents/Achievements: Used great color and very light brush

strokes that made his work look like it was alive and gave

humans personality. Paintings dealt with myths, Bible stories,

portraits of royalty. His work with color and brushstrokes

used today.

Europa

Woman with Mirror

St. John

Miguel Cervantes:

Spanish Writer

• Lived: 1547 - 1616

• From: Madrid, Spain

• Personality/Training: Adventurous, Courageous, Funny, but not

trustworthy. Studied with humanist priest, but most was his own

experiences

• Talents/Achievements: Writer good at satire (make fun of

something). He wrote many plays, poems, & novels. Don

Quixote was his most famous. It makes fun of knights and

Spanish society

Leonardo da Vinci:

Italian Renaissance Person

• Lived: 1452-1519

• From: Florence, Italy

• Personality/Training: Brilliant, independent, curious about the

world & a vegetarian. Studied art, music, math, anatomy,

botany, architecture, & engineering.

• Talents/Achievements: A painter, sculptor, architect, &

engineer. He sketched many inventions that were far ahead of

his time, Made the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, etc. Shows

perspective, balance, detailed, & a rich use of light, color, &

shade.

Mona Lisa

The Last Supper

Albercht Durer:

German Artist

• Lived: 1471 - 1528

• From: Nuremberg, Germany

• Personality/Training: Loved fashion, intelligent and very

confident. Studied goldsmithing, painting, math, Latin,

literature, printmaking, & traveled a lot.

• Talents/Achievements: He blended German painting with

techniques of perspective and idealized beauty. He was great

at engraving and woodcuts. He painted religious figures,

myths, self-portraits, court portraits, & influential books.

Nicolaus Copernicus:

Polish Scientist

• Lived: 1473 - 1543

• From: Torun, Poland

• Personality/Training: Very creative and a free thinker.

Studied medicine, law, and astronomy at the University of

Krakow.

• Talents/Achievements: He studied what he really saw in the

sky. The earth revolves around the sun. The theory was

attacked by the church, but accepted by many scientists and

our modern science is based off of it.

Andreas Vesalius:

Belgian Scientist

• Lived: 1514 - 1564

• From: Brussels, Belgium

• Personality/Training: Hardworking, curious, confident, and

sometimes very gloomy. Studied stray animals and got his

medical degree.

• Talents/Achievements: He was a great observer and

studied dead human bodies and made important discovers

such as, the human heart has 4 chambers. He wrote the

first medical textbook with illustrated drawings.

Isabella I:

Queen of Spain

• Lived: 1451 - 1504

• From: Castile, Spain

• Personality/Training: Intelligent, strong-willed and a

devoted Catholic. Very little school (normal for women of

the time) Studied Latin, art and court affairs

• Talents/Achievements: Very forceful and held her own in

court politics. United Spain when she married Ferdinand.

Sponsored Columbus and helped to reinforce Catholicsm in

Spain.

Elizabeth I:

Queen of England

• Lived: 1533 - 1603

• From: London, England

• Personality/Training: Strong minded and independent, but

flexible and a good listener who gave good advice. Highly

educated and spoke 5 languages.

• Talents/Achievements: She changed the policies and

strengthened England’s economy. Inspired many and

supported the theater, education, culture, trade, and

exploration. Under her rule England became rich and powerful.

William Shakespeare:

English Poet & Playwright

• Lived: 1564

• From: Stratford-on-Avon, England

• Personality/Training: Quiet & a bit mysterious, good observer,

and had a great sense of humor. Studied Latin, classical

literature, and acting.

• Talents/Achievements: An actor, poet, and playwright. He had

a way with words and understanding human behavior. People

admired his poetry and flocked to see his 38 plays. Many of

them are still popular today.