Leonardo da Vinci
Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer
Leonardo is generally considered the perfect example of the Renaissance Man. He was an expert at many different things including painting, sculpture, science, architecture, and anatomy. He not only was one of the most celebrated artists of all time with paintings such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper but was also one of the most prolific inventors in history.
Vasco da
(1460 - 1524)
Later Voyages
Vasco da Gama commanded two more fleets to India. The second voyage was more of a military expedition where he captured Arab ships and tried to show the might of the Portuguese navy. On the third voyage Vasco was to take over as Viceroy of Portuguese India. However, he died of malaria shortly after arriving.
Gama
The Last Supper
He was a Portuguese explorer. He led the first expedition that traveled from Europe to India by sailing around Africa.
Born in Florence, Italy in 1519, Catherine was the daughter of Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici, Duke of Urbino and ruler of Florence, and Madeleine de La Tour d’Auvergne, who belonged to a French noble house.
Catherine tried her best to hold the kingdom together, but only barely. She died in 1589 hated by the Protestants and with the civil war still unresolved. It would be her son-in-law, Henry IV of France, who would put an end to the war. He embraced Catholicism and promulgated the Edict of Nantes, which guaranteed religious liberties and ended the religious wars.
Catherine de’ Medici
(1519-1589)
The queen consort of Henry II of France
The mother of three kings of France (Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III), she is one of the most formidable personalities of this time and is thought to have been heavily involved in the famous Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day in 1572
William Shakespeare
Playwright considered the greatest writer in the English language.
1564-1616
Who was William Shakespeare?
William Shakespeare is best known for his plays, although he was also an accomplished poet and actor. But when we think about Shakespeare, plays like "Romeo and Juliet," "Hamlet," and "Much Ado About Nothing" immediately spring to mind. He was born in the English city of Stratford-upon-Avon about 100 miles northwest of London in 1564. William's father was a successful leather merchant.
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A scene from 'Hamlet'
A scene from 'Romeo and Juliet Farewell'
A scene of 'The Death of Julius Caesar' From Julius Caesar play.
William Shakespeare's Quotes
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”
― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
“Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.”
― William Shakespeare, The Complete Sonnets and Poems
“Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.”
― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“Et Tu, Brute?”
― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
“Listen to many, speak to a few.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet
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Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549)
Marguerite of Navarre is one of the most important figures of the French Renaissance. She was the first woman of the French nobility to have many different works published. Born to the House of Valois, Marguerite was the sister of Francis I (King of France from 1515-1547) and the queen consort of Henry II of Navarre. Marguerite was a celebrated Renaissance humanist like Isotta Nogarola and a renowned author like Christine de Pizan
Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625)
When we think of Renaissance painters, often male painters quickly come to mind – Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo, and so on. Sofonisba Anguissola, born to a minor noble family in Cremona, achieved a status as a formidable painter during the Renaissance, at a time when virtually no women of significance painted'(Davis & Lindsmith, 2019, p. 302)
Levina Teerlinc
(1510–1576)
known for his illuminated manuscripts, Teerlinc mastered a unique facet of Flemish Renaissance portraiture: She was a prolific miniaturist. Her meticulously crafted portraits and scenes of 16th-century life caught the eye of King Henry VIII, who invited Teerlinc to live in England as their court painter, succeeding the late Hans Holbein
Michelangelo
Artist, architect, and sculptor
Michelangelo, in full Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, (born March 6, 1475, Caprese, Florence —died 1564, Rome,) Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the Western art. He considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime, and ever since then he has been held to be one of the greatest artists of all time
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer
Columbus's journeys to the Americas
It opened the way for European countries to colonize and exploit those lands and their peoples. Trade established between Europe and the Americas. Plants native to the Americas (such as potatoes, tomatoes) were imported to Europe. This trade route also paved the way for the slave trade. Explorers and settlers brought with them diseases that had a devastating effect on Native American populations. Many native peoples perished or were driven from their homes by colonizers
Christopher Columbus
born 1451, Genoa [Italy]—died 1506, Valladolid, Spain)
Columbus believed that sailing west would be a faster way to get to India. master navigator and admiral whose four transatlantic voyages that opened the way for European exploration, exploitation, and colonization of the Americas. He has long been called the “discoverer”
The beginning of discovering
He went to Spain’s King and Queen who gave Columbus the financing for the voyage. In August of 1492, Columbus set sail. After two months, Columbus and his crew arrived in the present-day Bahamas, convinced this was India.
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
Elizabeth I -the last Tudor monarch- the younger daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. When Elizabeth came to the throne, she was 25. She succeeded to the throne on her half-sister's death. Elizabeth I's rule is remembered as the Golden Age of English history.
MARY I, Queen of England (1516-1558)
She was the first Queen Regnant. Mary was the eldest daughter of Henry Vlll by his first wife Katherine of Aragon. Mary was a committed Catholic. She is known as Bloody Mary because of the numbers of people who were executed for being Protestants. Mary burned nearly three hundred.