Renaissance

**__Renaissance Men__**
Lorenzo De Medici and Cosimo De Medici- From a rich, middle class family, Patrons of arts

Leonardo da Vinci- Artist, scientist, build wings to fly, sculpt, paint, design, sing, Most notable arts were Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. He understood human worth.

Dante- He wrote in Tuscan and wrote "The devine comedy". Talked about heaven, hell, and purgatory. A great Florentine

Michelangelo- He sculpt and paint. He painted ceilings upside down and he sculpt the statue of David.

Sir Thomas More- He helped women read, full of equality. He worked for Henry VIII and wrote Utopia.

Shakespeare- Made notable plays such as Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, and Midsummer nights dream. He is a Queens favorite back then.

Albrecht Dürer- a German painter, print maker, engraver, mathematecian, an theorist from Nuremberg.

Miguel De Cervantes- a Spanish noveist, poet, and playwright.

Nicolaus Copernicus- a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe.

Baldassare Castiglione - an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author

Pieter Bruegel - a Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes

Desidarius Erasmus - known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian.

Andreas Vesalius- a Flemish anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy.