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Leading People of the Renaissance
Reading Notes 29
Michelangelo TitianAlbrecht Durer Nicolaus Copernicus
Andreas Vesalius
Queen Isabella IQueen Elizabeth IWilliam ShakespeareMiguel Cervantes
Leonardo da Vinci
MichelangeloItalian Painter and Sculptor
Lived : 1475–1564From: Near Florence, ItalyPersonality and Training:• He was ambitious,
religious, and said to have a bad temper.
• Studied art, especially painting and sculpture. David
Michelangelo Italian Painter and Sculptor
Talents and Achievements: • He was a very talented painter and
sculptor.• His art shows emotions and human
beauty. • His sculpting seems to bring figures to life. • His work influenced others.• Three of his greatest sculptures are the
“Pieta,” “David,” and “Moses.” • One of his painted masterpieces is the
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Moses
TitianItalian Painter
Lived : about 1488–1576From: the Italian AlpsPersonality and Training: • Persuasive and generous• He studied painting• Including fresco painting,
and • Art from Rome and Florence.
Venus and Adonis. Oil on canvas, Metropolitan
Museum of Art
TitianItalian Painter
Talents and Achievements: • Titian was known for his use of color• For loose, lively brushwork that made
his paintings seem to be alive • For human personality in his work• He created many paintings of myths
and Bible Stories, as well as• Portraits of royalty.• His color and brushwork techniques are
still copied today.
King Philip IIOil on canvas
Albrecht DurerGerman Artist
Lived: 1471–1528From: Nuremberg, GermanyPersonality and Training: • Fashionable, confident, and
intellectual,• He studied goldsmithing, painting,
printmaking, math, Latin, and classical literature and sculpture.
• Traveled; met humanists.
A Young Hare watercolor, 1502
Albrecht DurerGerman Artist
Talents and Achievements: • He blended detailed German painting
with Italian techniques of perspective and idealized beauty.
• He had a talent for engravings and woodcuts.
• He painted religious figures, myths, self-portraits, and court portraits.
• He wrote influential books about human proportions in art.
Betende Hände Praying hands
Woodcut Engraving, 1508
Nicolaus CopernicusPolish Scientist
Lived: 1473–1543From: Torun, PolandPersonality and Training: • A creative, free thinker• He went to the University of
Krakow and studied medicine, law, and astronomy in Italy. Copernicus' drawing
of his system.
Nicolaus CopernicusPolish Scientist
Talents and Achievements: • Skilled in observation and math• He studied what he really saw in the
skies, not what he was “supposed” to see.
• He proposed the theory that Earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
• This theory was attacked by the church but influenced key scientists, and is part of the basis of modern astronomy.
A well-known illustration of the Copernican Model, with the celestial spheres moving around the Sun.
Andreas VesaliusBelgian Scientist
Lived: 1514–1564From (the place): Brussels, BelgiumPersonality and Training: • He was hardworking, curious,
confident, and gloomy and distant at times.
• He studied stray animals as a child, and later earned a medical degree.
Andreas VesaliusBelgian Scientist
Talents and Achievements: • A good observer and an independent
thinker• He studied dead human bodies and
made important discoveries• Such as that the human heart has four
chambers. • He wrote the first modern medical
textbook, which included illustrations based on his drawings.
Anatomical drawing from De humani
Corporis fabrica by Andreas Vesalius
Isabella IQueen of Spain
Lived: 1451–1504From: Castile, SpainPersonality and Training: • She was intelligent, strong-willed, and a devoted
Catholic. • Her schooling was limited. • She learned about court affairs at King Henry’s court. • She studied Latin as an adult and collected fine art.
Isabella of CastileJan Flanders, 16th century
Isabella IQueen of Spain
Talents and Achievements: • She was a forceful woman and
held her own in court politics. • Her marriage to Ferdinand
united Spain into one kingdom. • She sponsored Columbus’s
voyages, which led to the European discovery of America.
Christopher Columbus is shown appearing before Isabella I of
Spain and her co-ruler, Ferdinand of Aragon, on his return from the New World.
Elizabeth IQueen of England
Lived: 1533–1603From: London, EnglandPersonality and Training: • Strongminded and independent • But also flexible and willing to listen
to good advice• She was a gifted student, highly
educated, and spoke five languages.
Queen Elizabeth I being carried in Procession Eliza
Triumphans c.1601
Elizabeth IQueen of England
Talents and Achievements: • A flexible and thoughtful ruler.• She changed unpopular policies and
strengthened England’s economy. • She had political skill and inspired love
and loyalty. • She supported theater, education,
culture, trade, and exploration.• Under her rule, England became rich
and powerful.
Elizabeth I: The Darnley Portrait,
1575, by an unknown artist.
William ShakespeareEnglish Poet and Playwright
Lived: 1564–1616From: Stratford-on-Avon, EnglandPersonality and Training: • Quiet, a bit mysterious, and a keen
observer• He thought deeply about life and had a
sense of humor. • He studied Latin, classical literature, and
acting. • His work shows a knowledge of many
subjects.
William ShakespeareEnglish Poet and Playwright
Talents and Achievements: • An actor, poet, and playwright• He had a way with words and an
understanding of human behavior.• People admire his beautiful poetry.• He wrote 38 plays• Many of his plays and sayings are
still popular today.
William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players;As You Like It
To be, or not to be, that is the question:Hamlet
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?Romeo and Juliet
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!Julius Caeser
A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!Richard the Third
"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.“
Twelfth Night
"Cowards die many times before their deaths,The valiant never taste of death but once.“
Julius Caeser
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god!
Hamlet
Things without all remedyShould be without regard: what's done, is done.
Richard the Third
Miguel CervantesSpanish Writer
Lived: 1547–1616From: near Madrid, SpainPersonality and Training: • He was adventurous, courageous,
and had a biting sense of humor and a shady side.
• He may have studied with humanist priests, but much of his education came from his experiences.
Miguel CervantesSpanish Writer
Talents and Achievements: • He was a gifted writer with a talent
for satire.• He wrote many plays, poems, and
novels. • His masterpiece, “Don Quixote,” is a
satire that pokes fun at tales of heroic knights and at Spanish society.
• It is a masterpiece of world literature.
Leonardo da VinciItalian Renaissance Person
Lived: 1452–1519From: near Florence, ItalyPersonality and Training: • He was brilliant, extremely curious• A vegetarian• A keen observer, and an independent
thinker. • He trained under a master painter and
sculptor in Florence. • He studied art, music, math, anatomy,
botany, architecture, and engineering.
Leonardo da VinciItalian Renaissance Person
Talents and Achievements: • He was a painter, sculptor,
architect, and engineer.• He sketched inventions that
were far ahead of their time. • His “Mona Lisa” shows
perspective, balance, detail, and a rich use of light, color, and shade.