RENAISSANCE GENUISES
He is an Italian painter, architect, inventor, and “Renaissance man” responsible for painting “The Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
The Mona Lisa
Da Vinci
He is a German printer, is credited for the invention of movable type printing.
Johann Gutenberg (1397-1468)
He is a Scholar from Holland who defined the humanist movement in Northern Europe. Translator of the New Testament into Greek.
Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536)
The Last Supper
Da Vinci
He is considered one of the greatest leader during the sixteenth century and was a German Augustinian monk and later a professor of theology at the University of Wittenberg.
Martin Luther (1483-1546)
He is an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer whose pioneering work with telescopes enabled him to describes the moons of Jupiter and rings of Saturn. Placed under house arrest for his views of a heliocentric universe.
Galileo (1564-1642)
Statue of David
Michelangelo
He resented the pope's control of religion in his own kingdom in England.
Henry VIII
He is an English biblical translator, humanist, and scholar burned at the stake for translating the Bible into English.
William Tyndale (1494–1536)
The Birth of Venus
Botticelli
He believed in the concept of predestination, which teaches that even before a person's birth, God has already determined whether or not he is saved.
John Calvin
He is an Italian sculptor celebrated for lifelike sculptures like “David,” commissioned by the Medici family.
Donatello (1386–1466)
The Creation of Adam
Michelangelo
He founded the society of Jesus, which was to devote itself to restoring the prestige of the Catholic Church.
Ignatius de Loyola (1491-1558)