Artists
who's famous works include the Apocalypse series and Knight, Death, and the Devil?
Albrecht Durer
who was the writer of Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespear
who was best known for his astronomical theory that the sun is at rest near the center of the universe, and that the earth, spinning on its axis once daily, revolves annually around the sun?
Copernicus
Who is the creator of the branch of Christianity, Lutheran?
Martin Luther
Who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper?
Leonardo de Vinci
What sculptor was one of the pioneers of Renaissance art with sculptures such as David and the Gattamelata?
Donatello
who wrote the first major European novel and contributing to both the Spanish and English languages?
Miguel de Cervantes
Galileo
who was the first editor of the New Testament?
Desideruis Erasmus
who painted one of the best-known Renaissance works-the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome?
Michelangelo
What artist painted such works as The School of Athens and Portrait of Pope Julius II? He was known for the perfection of his work.
Raphael
who said ''I loved the man and do honour his memory as much as any,'' in 1619, three years after Shakespeare's death.
Ben Jonson
who made important discoveries that led to three basic laws governing the motion of planets?
Kepler
Which philosopher said the famous quote ,"Leaders should be feared rather than loved."?
Niccolo Machiavelli
What artist is considered by many today to be the true Renaissance Man?
Leonardo da Vinci
What artist worked for the Medici Family in Florence and painted several portraits of them?
Botticelli
which writer created a story that tells of a country gentleman who searches for adventure in life in 1604?
Miguel de Cervantes
who invented an improved military compass and other scientific instruments?
Galileo
who's principal study in philosophy is the Disputationes Metaphysicae which was used for more than a century as a textbook at most European universities, Catholic and Protestant alike?
Fransisco Suarez
What artist was considered the greatest artist of his time during the Renaissance? He is most known today for his frescos at the Sistine Chapel?
michelangelo
What do many people call the artist Masaccio today?
The father of the Renaissance
Which writer is an important figure in developing the English vernacular we use today?
Geoffrey Chaucer
who invented the first microscope and when?
Zacharias Janssen in 1585
who suggested that the universe may be infinite and populated with many worlds and that all religions should peacefully coexist?
Giordano Bruno
who has been called the creator of empiricism, or the theory that all knowledge comes from sense-experience?
Francis Bacon