https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn Ellis Fleming en-us 2016-11-17 14:29:19 UTC 2025-10-17 13:59:27 UTC hello@padlet.com 4801768130 https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/138412353 The Medici family lived here. Lorenzo held Florence together during difficult times in 1400s.

]]> 2016-11-17 14:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/138412353 4801768130 https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/138418993 He made sketches of nature and of models in his studio, and dissected corpses to learn how bones and muscles work. The Mona Lisa is a portrait of a woman whose smile has confused people for centuries. Also, The Last Supper, showing Jesus and his apostles on the night before the crucifixion. He made sketches for flying machines and undersea boats centuries before the first airplane or submarine was actually built.

]]> 2016-11-17 14:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/138418993 4801768130 https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/138705115 He was a sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, and poet. He created the masterpiece, David. One of his greatest projects was a series of huge paintings in the Sistine Chapel.

]]> 2016-11-18 14:33:44 UTC https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/138705115 4801768130 https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/138711553 He was an Italian painter and architect of the Renaissance. He developed his own style of painting that blended Christian and Classical styles.

]]> 2016-11-18 14:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/138711553 4801768130 https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139253916 He was an Italian author, courtier, and diplomat and is known primarily for his "Book of the Courtier." This work, which portrays the ideal courtier, was a chief vehicle in spreading Italian humanism into England and France.

]]> 2016-11-22 03:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139253916 4801768130 https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139255015 He was an Italian Renaissance historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer. People often called him the founder of modern political science. The Prince is claimed to be one of the first works of modern psychology.

]]> 2016-11-22 04:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139255015 4801768130 https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139323430  He was a devoted classical scholar who is considered the "Father of Humanism," a philosophy that helped spark the Renaissance. Petrarch's writing includes well-known odes to Laura, his idealized love. He is also considered one of the fathers of the modern Italian Language.

]]> 2016-11-22 12:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139323430 4801768130 https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139324650 He was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who invented the first printing press. He was born in the German city of Mainz. He started his working life as a merchant, but then moved into work as a blacksmith and goldsmith.

]]> 2016-11-22 12:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139324650 4801768130 https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139346802 He was a painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties, due to his high-quality woodcut prints.

]]> 2016-11-22 13:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139346802 4801768130 https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139350374 He was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian. Erasmus was a classical scholar and wrote in a pure Latin style.

]]> 2016-11-22 14:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139350374 4801768130 https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139351596 Sir Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist.

]]> 2016-11-22 14:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139351596 4801768130 https://padlet.com/4801768130/lraotzwhiyjn/wish/139355019 William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor. He is often called England's national poet and nicknamed the Bard of Avon. Between 1590 and 1613 he wrote 37 plays. His works enriched the english language.

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