Rome in the Renaissance

The atlas holds 14 people and 42 moments here, from 1300 to 1600. The most recorded lives are Michelangelo, Raphael and Michel de Montaigne.

Notable people

1. Michelangelo

   from 1496 to 1564

   11 moments here

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

2. Raphael

   from 1506 to 1520

   8 moments here

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

3. Michel de Montaigne

   from 1580 to 1581

   5 moments here

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

4. Petrarch

   from 1337 to 1350

   3 moments here

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

5. Giordano Bruno

   from 1576 to 1600

   3 moments here

   Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…

6. Dante Alighieri

   from 1300 to 1301

   2 moments here

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

7. Niccolò Machiavelli

   from 1503 to 1525

   2 moments here

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

8. François Rabelais

   from 1534 to 1535

   2 moments here

   French Renaissance writer, physician, humanist, and Catholic priest. His birth date is disputed, with scholarship placing it between 1483 and 1494;…

9. Leonardo da Vinci

   in 1513

   1 moment here

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

10. Martin Luther

    in 1510

    1 moment here

    German Augustinian friar, priest, theologian, professor, translator, and leading figure of the Protestant Reformation.…

11. Miguel de Cervantes

    in 1569

    1 moment here

    Spanish novelist, playwright, poet, soldier, purchasing agent and tax collector, best known for Don Quixote.…

12. Nicolaus Copernicus

    in 1500

    1 moment here

    Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…

13. Desiderius Erasmus

    in 1509

    1 moment here

    Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…

14. Giovanni Boccaccio

    in 1367

    1 moment here

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

Moments

1. 1300 Observed Jubilee crowds in Rome Dante Alighieri
2. 1301 Joined the embassy to Pope Boniface VIII Dante Alighieri
3. 1337 First Roman visit Petrarch
4. 1341 Poet laureate at Rome Petrarch
5. 1350 Jubilee visit to Rome Petrarch
6. 1367 Embassy to the papal court in Rome Giovanni Boccaccio
7. 1496 Arrives in Rome Michelangelo
8. 1500 Jubilee-year stay in Rome Nicolaus Copernicus
9. 1503 Papal-conclave mission Niccolò Machiavelli
10. 1505 Summoned to Rome by Julius II Michelangelo
11. 1506 Trip to Rome Raphael
12. 1506 Leaves Rome after papal dispute Michelangelo
13. 1508 Returns to Rome from Bologna Michelangelo
14. 1508 Commission at the Vatican Palace Raphael
15. 1508 Permanent move to Rome Raphael
16. 1509 Visits to Rome Desiderius Erasmus
17. 1510 Undertakes mission to Rome Martin Luther
18. 1512 Triumph of Galatea at Villa Farnesina Raphael
19. 1513 Moves to Rome Leonardo da Vinci
20. 1517 Cupid and Psyche Loggia at Villa Farnesina Raphael
21. 1517 Residence at Palazzo Caprini Raphael
22. 1520 Burial at the Pantheon Raphael
23. 1520 Death in Rome Raphael
24. 1525 Presentation of Florentine Histories Niccolò Machiavelli
25. 1534 First documented Roman mission with Jean du Bellay François Rabelais
26. 1534 Settles permanently in Rome Michelangelo
27. 1535 Second Roman diplomatic journey François Rabelais
28. 1536 Paints The Last Judgment Michelangelo
29. 1542 Works in the Pauline Chapel Michelangelo
30. 1547 Takes charge at St. Peter’s Michelangelo
31. 1550 Sculpts the Bandini Pietà in Rome Michelangelo
32. 1564 Dies at Macel de’ Corvi Michelangelo
33. 1564 Works on the Rondanini Pietà Michelangelo
34. 1569 Serves Cardinal Acquaviva in Rome Miguel de Cervantes
35. 1576 Lodging at Santa Maria sopra Minerva Giordano Bruno
36. 1580 Arrival in Rome at Porta del Popolo Michel de Montaigne
37. 1580 Audience with Pope Gregory XIII Michel de Montaigne
38. 1580 Roman lodging near Santa Lucia della Tinta Michel de Montaigne
39. 1581 Treatment at the Roman baths Michel de Montaigne
40. 1581 Departure from Rome for home Michel de Montaigne
41. 1593 Transfer to the Roman Inquisition prison Giordano Bruno
42. 1600 Execution at Campo de' Fiori Giordano Bruno

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