Florence in the Renaissance

The atlas holds 10 people and 32 moments here, from 1300 to 1588. The most recorded lives are Michelangelo, Niccolò Machiavelli and Giovanni Boccaccio.

Notable people

  1. Michelangelo

    from 1475 to 1530

    11 moments here

    Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…

  2. Niccolò Machiavelli

    from 1469 to 1527

    6 moments here

    Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…

  3. Giovanni Boccaccio

    from 1341 to 1373

    4 moments here

    Italian writer, poet, and humanist, best known for the Decameron. His documented life moved between Florence, Naples, Romagna, papal Avignon and…

  4. Leonardo da Vinci

    from 1469 to 1503

    3 moments here

    Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…

  5. Galileo Galilei

    from 1574 to 1588

    2 moments here

    Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, mathematician, and natural philosopher. Born in Pisa, Galileo was educated in Tuscany, taught mathematics at…

  6. Raphael

    in 1504

    2 moments here

    Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, known as Raphael, was an Italian High Renaissance painter and architect.…

  7. Dante Alighieri

    in 1300

    1 moment here

    Florentine poet, prose writer, philosopher, and statesman whose Divine Comedy became a foundational work of Italian and European literature.…

  8. Geoffrey Chaucer

    in 1373

    1 moment here

    English poet, courtier, diplomat, and civil servant, best known for The Canterbury Tales. His documented career included military service in France,…

  9. Petrarch

    in 1305

    1 moment here

    Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…

  10. Michel de Montaigne

    in 1581

    1 moment here

    French Renaissance writer, magistrate, diplomat, and two-term mayor of Bordeaux, best known for the Essais.…

Moments

  1. 1300 Resided in the Palazzo della Signoria as prior Dante Alighieri
  2. 1305 Childhood at Incisa Petrarch
  3. 1341 Return to Florence Giovanni Boccaccio
  4. 1348 Black Death in Florence Giovanni Boccaccio
  5. 1350 First meeting with Petrarch near Florence Giovanni Boccaccio
  6. 1373 Diplomatic visit to Florence Geoffrey Chaucer
  7. 1373 First Dante lecture at Santo Stefano Giovanni Boccaccio
  8. 1469 Moves to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
  9. 1469 Birth in Florence Niccolò Machiavelli
  10. 1475 Brought to Florence as an infant Michelangelo
  11. 1481 Lives with a stonecutter at Settignano Michelangelo
  12. 1490 Lives in the Medici household Michelangelo
  13. 1493 Hosted at Santo Spirito Michelangelo
  14. 1500 Returns to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
  15. 1501 Returns from Rome to Florence Michelangelo
  16. 1503 Returns from Borgia's service Leonardo da Vinci
  17. 1504 Works at the Palazzo della Signoria Michelangelo
  18. 1504 Florentine period Raphael
  19. 1504 Move to Florence Raphael
  20. 1506 Takes refuge in Florence Michelangelo
  21. 1512 Confinement in Florentine territory Niccolò Machiavelli
  22. 1513 Orti Oricellari discussions Niccolò Machiavelli
  23. 1513 Imprisonment after conspiracy accusation Niccolò Machiavelli
  24. 1513 Retreat to the Albergaccio estate Niccolò Machiavelli
  25. 1519 Recorded in Florence by his own letter Michelangelo
  26. 1527 Remains in republican Florence Michelangelo
  27. 1527 Death in Florence Niccolò Machiavelli
  28. 1529 Returns to besieged Florence Michelangelo
  29. 1530 Hides after Florence falls Michelangelo
  30. 1574 Moved from Pisa to Florence Galileo Galilei
  31. 1581 Visit to Florence Michel de Montaigne
  32. 1588 Taught art and perspective in Florence Galileo Galilei

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