1.
The Renaissance and it’s
Famous People

2.
What is the Renaissance?
rebirth
The Renaissance was the “_____________” of culture (art, music,
rade
etc) and t_____________. It was a time period where the
c_______________ were reborn right after the lack Plague/Death
lassics
B_______________. When someone refers to the classics of the
Renaissance it means that the people of Europe brought back ideas
Rome Greece
from __________________ and ________________. They also
started to believe in humanism which is
that all people have potential and that they
__________________________________________________
should live for today not just their afterlife
______________________________________________________
____.

3.
Michelangelo:
The Italian Sculptor & Painter
• Lived: 1475 – 1564
• From: Florence, Italy
• Personality/Training: Bad temper, ambitious, & religious,
studied art, sculpture and painting
• Talents/Achievements: Painter & Sculptor. Show emotion,
human beauty, & very lifelike. Influenced others. Greatest
achievements: Pieta, David, Moses & the Sistine Chapel
(which caused him to go blind) of Rome.

4.
Pieta
David

5.
The Sistine Chapel

6.
Titian:
The Italian Painter
• Lived: 1488 - 1576
• From: Italian Alps
• Personality/Training: Generous & Persuasive. Studied
painting, especially frescos in Rome and Florence
• Talents/Achievements: Used great color and very light brush
strokes that made his work look like it was alive and gave
humans personality. Paintings dealt with myths, Bible stories,
portraits of royalty. His work with color and brushstrokes
used today.

7.
Europa
Woman with Mirror

8.
St. John

9.
Miguel Cervantes:
Spanish Writer
• Lived: 1547 - 1616
• From: Madrid, Spain
• Personality/Training: Adventurous, Courageous, Funny, but not
trustworthy. Studied with humanist priest, but most was his own
experiences
• Talents/Achievements: Writer good at satire (make fun of
something). He wrote many plays, poems, & novels. Don
Quixote was his most famous. It makes fun of knights and
Spanish society

10.
Leonardo da Vinci:
Italian Renaissance Person
• Lived: 1452-1519
• From: Florence, Italy
• Personality/Training: Brilliant, independent, curious about the
world & a vegetarian. Studied art, music, math, anatomy,
botany, architecture, & engineering.
• Talents/Achievements: A painter, sculptor, architect, &
engineer. He sketched many inventions that were far ahead of
his time, Made the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, etc. Shows
perspective, balance, detailed, & a rich use of light, color, &
shade.

11.
Mona Lisa

12.
The Last Supper

13.
Albercht Durer:
German Artist
• Lived: 1471 - 1528
• From: Nuremberg, Germany
• Personality/Training: Loved fashion, intelligent and very
confident. Studied
goldsmithing, painting, math, Latin, literature, printmaking, &
traveled a lot.
• Talents/Achievements: He blended German painting with
techniques of perspective and idealized beauty. He was great
at engraving and woodcuts. He painted religious

14.
Nicolaus Copernicus:
Polish Scientist
• Lived: 1473 - 1543
• From: Torun, Poland
• Personality/Training: Very creative and a free thinker.
Studied medicine, law, and astronomy at the University of
Krakow.
• Talents/Achievements: He studied what he really saw in the
sky. The earth revolves around the sun. The theory was
attacked by the church, but accepted by many scientists and
our modern science is based off of it.

15.
Andreas Vesalius:
Belgian Scientist
• Lived: 1514 - 1564
• From: Brussels, Belgium
• Personality/Training: Hardworking, curious, confident, and
sometimes very gloomy. Studied stray animals and got his
medical degree.
• Talents/Achievements: He was a great observer and
studied dead human bodies and made important discovers
such as, the human heart has 4 chambers. He wrote the
first medical textbook with illustrated drawings.

16.
Isabella I:
Queen of Spain
• Lived: 1451 - 1504
• From: Castile, Spain
• Personality/Training: Intelligent, strong-willed and a
devoted Catholic. Very little school (normal for women of
the time) Studied Latin, art and court affairs
• Talents/Achievements: Very forceful and held her own in
court politics. United Spain when she married Ferdinand.
Sponsored Columbus and helped to reinforce Catholicsm in
Spain.

17.
Elizabeth I:
Queen of England
• Lived: 1533 - 1603
• From: London, England
• Personality/Training: Strong minded and independent, but
flexible and a good listener who gave good advice. Highly
educated and spoke 5 languages.
• Talents/Achievements: She changed the policies and
strengthened England’s economy. Inspired many and
supported the theater, education, culture, trade, and
exploration. Under her rule England became rich and powerful.

18.
Willliam Shakespeare:
English Poet & Playwright
• Lived: 1564
• From: Stratford-on-Avon, England
• Personality/Training: Quiet & a bit mysterious, good observer,
and had a great sense of humor. Studied Latin, classical
literature, and acting.
• Talents/Achievements: An actor, poet, and playwright. He had
a way with words and understanding human behavior. People
admired his poetry and flocked to see his 38 plays. Many of
them are still popular today.