Artists and Architects
Created some of the best known pieces of art including the Pieta, Statue of David, Sistine Chapel (mostly). Didn't like the fact that there were people who could be considered as good as him at things.
Michelangelo
The idealized Renaissance Man
da Vinci
Well known trash
Shakespeare
Main church for Catholicism located in Rome. It was rebuilt in the Renaissance.
St. Peter's
English epic poem about the fall of Adam and Eve
Paradise Lost
Well known artist, able to mimic the styles of most Renaissance painters
Raphael
A major patron of artists and architects in the Renaissance. He spent too much money on building projects so everyone would remember how great he was.
Pope Julius II
Wrote that it is better to be feared than loved. Author, historian, and diplomat in Florence. He also created the first Florentine militia.
Machiavelli
One of the greatest sculptures of all time. It needed a group of other Renaissance masters to decide where to put it.
Statue of David
The Prince
Architect responsible of the creation of the Duomo's dome.
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Brunelleschi
Created the Greek cross look to the remake of St. Peter's, died before fully completing it though.
Bramante
Lived during the English Civil War, most of his writings are thinly disguised political commentaries. Wrote a book you all know and love.
Milton
Well known for the amount of frescoes that cover it from floor to ceiling. Most made by Michelangelo.
Sistine Chapel
Written in Latin as a satire about life in a perfect society.
Utopia
Created Venetian Realism and was one of the only masters from Venice.
Bellini
Well known for his construction of villas, mostly around Venice.
Palladio
Wrote political satires and defenses of the Catholic Church. He and his work were later adopted by the Soviets.
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The main church in Florence, it is well known for the dome.
Duomo
It is a six book long epic poem and one of the greatest works of English Literature.
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The Faerie Queen
Student of Michelangelo, finished his dome on St. Peter's and did several other architecture things.
della Porta
A rival of sorts for Brunelleschi. Reworked the doors to the Baptistry of St. John's
Ghiberti
English poet, he helped create the English verse and made a new type of stanza.
Spenser
An interior, three story, Greek style theater built to look like it is in the streets.
Teatro Olimpico
A collection of English sonnets about love and beauty.
Amoretti