Chapter 13
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- Michalangelo Buonarroti
- Worked in Rome. Painted the Sistine Chapel. Sculpted the statue of David.
- Boccacio
- Wrote the Decameron which tells about ambitious merchants, protrays a sensual, and worldly society.
- Miguel De Cervantes
- Spanish writer. Wrote Don Quixote.
- Brunelleschi
- Italian architect, celebrated for work during Florentin Renaissance. He was anit-Gothic. Founding Hospital in Florence.
- Castiglione
- Wrote The Courtier which was about education and manners and had a great influence. It said that an upper class, educated man should know many academic subjects and should be trained in music, dance, and art.
- Botticelli
- One of the leading painters of the Florentine renaissance, developed a highly personal stylye. The Birth of Venus.
- Pico Della Mirandola
- Wrote On the Dignity of Man which stated that man was made in the image of God before the fall and as Christ after the Resurrection. Man is placed in-between beasts and the angels. He also believed that there is no limits to what man can accomplish.
- Alexander VI
- Corrupt Spanish pope. He was aided militarily and politically by his son Caesar Borgia, who was the hero of The Prince.
- Leonardo Da Vinci
- Artist who made religious paintings and sculptures like the Last Supper.
- Dante Alighieri
- Italian poet wrote Inferno and Divine Comedy.
- Lorenzo de Medici
- The Medici's were a great banking family in Florence in the 15th century. Ruled government of Florence from behind the scene.