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Aristotle Ancient Greek philosopher. Student of Plato taught Alex. the Great. Elements: water, earth, fire, air. Ethics: Transcendentals Truth, Justice, Love, Beauty.
Pieter Brugel Dutch Painter, painted peasants. Famous for "Peasant Wedding"
Baldassare Castiglione Italian writer. Wrote the Courtier. Renaissance man
Dante Italian Writer. The Divine Comedy: Paradiso, Purgatorio, Inferno. Wrote in italian in stead of latin
Albrecht Dürer German artist with self portrait and wood block prints.
Gutenberg printing press. made a version of the bible.
da Vinci Italian Renaissance artist, scientist, and inventor. Painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. designed schematics for flying machines.
Niccolo Machiavelli Italian writer and political scientist. Wrote the Prince based on politics not morals. "It is safer to be feared than loved" "The ends justify the means."
the Medici Family that ruled the italian city-state of Florence. Were patrons, made Florence center of Italian Renaissance.
Michelangelo Itallian Renaissance artist who was considered the greatest Renaissance artist. Made David and painted Sistine Chapel
Thomas More English Renaissance writer. Utopia (no place). perfect world
Plato Ancient Greek philosopher. Wrote the Republic, Allegory of the Cave. Student of socrates and taught Aristotle. Philosopher king
Marco polo Italian traveler who went to asia. LIved in the court of Kublai Khan (in china). Wrote about his journies. was very inaccurate.
Socrates Ancient Greek philosopher. Asked question after question to find truth. Acused for corrupting youth. Gadfly. forced to drink the hemlock. taught plato
Jan van Eyck Dutch painter of Norther Renaissance. first artist to mainly use oil paint. famous for Giovanni Arnolfini and his bride.
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