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Renaissance People
Famous people during the renaissance
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9th Grade
03/14/2010

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Donatello
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sculptor. created another "David"
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Sandro Botticelli
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in paintings, put women in higher status
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Thomas More
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english philosopher, Utopia (book)
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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wrote "prince", which helped monarchs
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Miguel de cervantes
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spanish novelist; famous in use of irony, literature!!
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Erasmus
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humanist. religious catholic, but made fun of priests and their luxury
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Jan Van Eyck
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mastered oil paintings.
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Rafael
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painter. realistic style. "school of Athens"
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Copernicus
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heliocentric theory. planets.
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Galileo
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gravity. heliocentric theory. house arrest from church
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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mona lisa. last supper. "renaissance man"
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Johannes Kepler
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german mathmatician and astroloter. planetary motion.
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Michelangelo
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painter! "renaissance man" sculpture of human body
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El Greco
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spanish artist. religious. nonvioelnt protest for more money from patron, who eventually gave in. "the scream"
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Albrecht Durer
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german artist. "praying hands" draws peasant life.
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Catherine De Medici
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belonged to powerful family. supported arts, seeked well being of subjects. gain money by banking. removed another family from court. ruled france through her sons.
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Marguerite de Navarre
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patron of humanists. "The First Modern Woman". an author.
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William Shakespear
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wrote romances. wrote plays.
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Jan Brueghel
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less influenced by greeks.
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