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Erasmus of Rotterdam was entered into a monastery where he learned to preach to others.
One massive person that Erasmus had preached to was Martin Luther.
Erasmus changed society by also being a humanist that used his philological methods.
Erasmus was also the first editor of the New Testament.

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- William Shakespeare was a writer in England (4/26, 1564 - 4/23 1616).
- Shakespeare was a very know writer who wrote plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth.
- He was known for combining two words together to make them go easily together (ex: tis, shall, doth, art.)
- His plays are still very famous today because of his unique style of word play.
- Words we use today like don't or I'm come from the idea of Shakespeare.
- He made the audience very engaged in his plays every time because of his unique writing
- More books were being writing in the style of Shakespeare which helped lead to where we are today
- Every single book you read has a part of descent from William Shakespeare
- We have Shakespeare to thank for all of the modern day book and plays

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1445-1510
- He made the Adoration of the Magi in 1475
- The painting was commissioned by Gaspare di Zanobi del Lama
- Several members of the Medici family are shown in the painting
- Botticelli was commissioned to make at least seven versions of this painting

- He made the Pallas and Centaur in 1482
- It was commissioned by Lorenzo il Magnifico
- The painting shows Athena Pallas taming a centaur
- The painting was made as a gift for Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco for his wedding Semiramide Appiani

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I am Raphael I was Born
April 6, 1483 Urbino, Italy and died
April 6, 1520 Rome Italy
- He changed the way of the renaissance by going against the normal painting techniques
- he put realistic emotions onto every piece of art work
- he painted life and was one of the most realistic painters
- he went beyond the normal contemporary paintings of the time
- he demonstrated a certain technique called linear perspective
- In 2007 one of my painting was sold for $37.3 million that was originally $325
- he put an ease to composition and made his paitnings dramatic

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(July 20th, 1304 to July 19th, 1374)

Pettrarch was an Italian poet best known for his Canzoniere's Lyric poetry, he is considered as one of the greatest love poets of all time. He was the founder of humanism and a classical antiquity scholar. Petrarch is often referred to as the "first modern man."

Humanism was credited to Petrarch as the founder. He was credited for humanism because he broke with tradition and completely changed the way people thought, learned, and lived.

Petrarchs poems were praised and imitated throughout all of Europe and his poem became a standard for lyrical poetry.

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- created Mona Lisa which is a great fascination among people still 500 years later
- considered a masterpiece
- greatly influenced the renaissance through his style of art (ex. Contemporary portrait paintings)
- changed art by inspiring people to make these contemporary portrait paintings

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1547-1616 Born is Spain
-He lived in Spain, Algeria, and the Azores
- I am the author of Don Quixote
- I am known as greatest writer in the Spanish language
-My books were fundamental to the development of the Spanish language because of that April 23 is celebrated as the Day of the Spanish language
- I created a large scale structure, which entailed of various kinds of narrative in a long work of fiction with a complex plot
-My novel inspired many writers to use my structural formula
-My novel Don Quixote has been translated into more than 60 languages, second after the bible

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- Dante's The Divine Comedy was an epic poem he wrote during his exile which documents a man's journey through the afterlife.
- The Divine Comedy critiques Italy's culture, morals, and political figures in a way that no other piece of literature did at the time.
- Dante is known as the father of the Italian language because he wrote The Divine Comedy in the current Italian vernacular, popularizing the Italian language and turning it into the language of learning for the Renaissance.
- Many of our pre-conceptions about what Hell looks like and what how it works as well were born from the first book in The Divine Comedy, Inferno.
- Famous artwork has been influenced by his writings. For example, the famous The Thinker statue is depicting a scene from Inferno where a man is contemplating the gates of Hell.

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(1337-1446) Florence, Italy
- I finished the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore with a dome that is still the largest masonry dome to this day.
- I rediscovered the principal of linear perspective which was primarily used in art and made Renaissance paintings far more realistic.
- I was the best architect in Florence up until my death and was commisioned by the Medici and Pazzi family to make Basilica of San Lorenzo, the Sacristy of San Lorenzo, and the Pazzi Chapel.
- I started the Santa Maria degli Angeli in 1437 but was unable to finish it. It was not finished till the 1930s, showing I was ahead of my time.
- This picture is of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

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Born in 1490, Pieve di Cadore, Italy

Died in 1576, Venice Italy

-Titian's influence on later artists has been profound: he was supreme in every branch of painting and revolutionized the oil technique with his free and expressive brushwork.

-Created a revolutionary watershed for Venetian Alter Design with his painting called the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

-His use of color and brushwork made him the foremost painter in Venice and his execution of both landscapes and portraits made him popular

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(1473 - 1543) Poland
- After going to 4 universities to study astronomy and medicine, Copernicus would keep on studying astronomy.
- Copernicus wrote an essay called the Commentariolus. In this essay Copernicus explained why the solar system had the sun placed at the center which was a revolutionary theory as it simplified and corrected errors in the old system.
- The heliocentric universe that was provided by Copernicus was so important yet controversial because it went against a system in place for more than 1000 years and did not follow the Catholic Church's beliefs. (See image bellow)

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Born February 15, 1564, Pisa, Italy to January 8, 1642, near Florence.
- Galileo was a highly intelligent philosopher and mathematician who changed the face of astronomy
- He discovered the law of falling bodies as well as advancing our knowledge of motion which lead to the creation of Issac Newtons Law of Motions
- He also changed our idea of the universe when he proved that the earth in fact orbits the sun, and not the other way around.
- He even uncovered crucial information about our planets that we didn't know like how Jupiter has 4 moons, the sun spins on an axis, and that Venus has phases like the moon; which once again proved his theory that the Earth orbits the sun

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-Unknown birth date, died February 3rd, 1468.
-Gutenberg lived in Mains, Germany,   -known for inventing one of the most important things of all time- the printing press.
-The invention allowed for the creation of a global newspaper, and the mass production of books. It also allowed for ideas to be spread further and made information more reliable. It also gave people credit for their ideas.
-He invented type metal, which allowed words to be typed onto a page in ink
-Also invented movable type, which made information more reliable and has fewer discrepancies

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Lives from 1475-1564, lived in Rome most of his life

-Michelangelo was considered one of the greatest artists in the Renaissance and possibly of all time.
-His beautiful creation known as the Sistine Chapel Ceiling started as unimpressive and unimportant until the pope requested him to turn it into something unique.
-The painted ceiling that also crawled across the walls of the chapel balanced religious diversity which made it unique.
-People should invest in his work because of the crucial importance it has on religious activity. By painting the Sistine Chapel Michelangelo revolutionized European art.
-His masterpiece was loved and admired and put viewers in awe because of the message it sent which was the relationship between humans and God.

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1452-1519 Florence
-studied anatomy and made many discoveries
-made first accurate depiction of human spine
-discovered heart has 4 chambers
-made famous drawing of Vitruvius man

-Made advancements in engineering
-invented/ improved: catapults, armored tanks, submarines, machine guns, giant crossbow
-created designs for flying machines: parachute, helicopters, gliders, Ornithopter
-use of pulleys, weights, gears: robotic knight, self propelled cart

-invented many things we use today, people used my inventions and drawings as inspiration for inventions
-been many modern-day attempts to recreate my inventions

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1478-1535 -- London
**lots of education (entered one of the 4 legal terms then became a full member)
**was in Parliament
**wrote the History of King Richard III (considered the first masterpiece of English historiography)
**wrote Utopia (talked about topics such as Punishment & Wealth, The Perfect Place, Crime & Punishment, Women's Rights, and Education) (was controversial)
**wrote 3 works on my doctrine of salvation which rejected some Christian practices and attacked others

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1475-1564

Made many amazing works, including David, which is admired today as one of the most accurate  depictions of the human body

Also made another famous sculptures, the Pietà, which is a stunning image of Jesus after His crucifixion being held by His mother, Mary

He also made many of the sculptures in the Medici chapel, a chapel that held the tomb of multiple of his patrons.