Renaissance Artists

1. Michelangelo Buonarroti

1.1. Born: March 6, 1475, Italy Died: February 18, 1564, Rome, Italy

1.2. Michelangelo Buonarroti (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) (1475-1564) was a sculptor, painter and architect considered to be one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance period. Michelangelo received commissions from some of the most wealthy men of the time, including popes and others associated with the Catholic Church. His biggest work was his Pietà and David sculptures and Sistine Chapel ceiling paintings.

2. Leonardo da Vinci also known as Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, was Italian whose areas of interests were pertained to invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.

3. Leonardo De Vinci

3.1. Born: April 15, 1452, Anchiano Died: May 2, 1519, Clos Lucé, Amboise, France Siblings: Giovanni Ser Piero, Guglielmo Ser Piero, More Parents: Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci, Caterina da Vinci

4. Raphael

4.1. Born: 1483, Papal States Died: April 6, 1520, Rome, Italy Full name: Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

4.2. Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. Raphael was running an unusually large workshop and left a large body of work. Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace, where Raphael Rooms were the central, and the largest, work of his career.