Bologna in the Renaissance

The atlas holds 7 people and 13 moments here, from 1320 to 1532. The most recorded lives are Pope Paul III, Michelangelo and Nicolaus Copernicus.

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
in 1530
1 moment here
Charles V (1500–1558), also Charles I of Spain, was Holy Roman Emperor, king of Spain, and ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands.…
Desiderius Erasmus
in 1506
1 moment here
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
Leonardo da Vinci
in 1500
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Michelangelo
from 1494 to 1506
2 moments here
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…
Nicolaus Copernicus
from 1496 to 1497
2 moments here
Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…
Petrarch
from 1320 to 1322
2 moments here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Pope Paul III
from 1529 to 1532
4 moments here
Alessandro Farnese, Pope Paul III, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1534 until 1549.…