Artists and Writers of the time
Fransesco Petrarch |
Leonardo da Vinci |
Petrarch, also known as the "Father of Humanism", was known for his development of humanism as a poet and scholar. As one of the world's first classical scholars, Petrarch wrote about the vast stores of knowledge in the lost texts he discovered. Petrarch's philosophy of humanism helped foment the intellectual growth and accomplishments of the Renaissance.
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Italian born, Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an all around leader and complete embodiment of the Renaissance man. Leonardo da Vinci was known for his achievements in not only laws of science and nature, which greatly informed his work as a painter, sculptor, architect, military man, engineer, and inventor. As an artist, he grew fond of topographic anatomy, drawing many studies of muscles, tendons and other visible anatomical features. da Vinci can be credited with changing how the anatomy of the body was portrayed in art.
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Martin Luther |
Niccolò Machiavelli |
“It is much safer to be feared than loved.” -Machiavelli
Medici Family |
Michelangelo |