Mathematicians in Venice
The atlas holds 5 people and 10 moments here, from 1494 to 1690. The most recorded lives are Albrecht Dürer, Giordano Bruno and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
Notable people
Albrecht Dürer
from 1494 to 1506
3 moments here
German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the Northern Renaissance. Born and died in Nuremberg, Dürer trained there before traveling through the…
Giordano Bruno
from 1591 to 1592
3 moments here
Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
from 1689 to 1690
2 moments here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Leonardo da Vinci
in 1500
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Galileo Galilei
in 1592
1 moment here
Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, mathematician, and natural philosopher. Born in Pisa, Galileo was educated in Tuscany, taught mathematics at…
Moments
- 1494 First Italian journey: Venice Albrecht Dürer
- 1500 Flees to Venice Leonardo da Vinci
- 1506 Letter from Venice Albrecht Dürer
- 1506 Second Venetian residence Albrecht Dürer
- 1591 Arrival in Venice Giordano Bruno
- 1592 Mocenigo residence in Venice Giordano Bruno
- 1592 Imprisonment at San Domenico di Castello Giordano Bruno
- 1592 Sought the Padua chair in Venice Galileo Galilei
- 1689 First Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1690 Second Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz