Ferrara in the Age of Exploration

The atlas holds 7 people and 7 moments here, from 1503 to 1639. The most recorded lives are Michelangelo, Nicolaus Copernicus and Diego Velázquez.

Diego Velázquez
in 1629
1 moment here
Spanish Baroque painter and court artist to Philip IV of Spain. Born in Seville, he trained there before establishing his long-term home and career…
Ignatius of Loyola
in 1524
1 moment here
Basque Spanish priest, former soldier, and founder of the Society of Jesus. His documented movements span Gipuzkoa, Castile, Catalonia, France, the…
John Calvin
in 1536
1 moment here
French Protestant reformer, pastor, and author. Born in Noyon, he studied law in Bourges and spent formative periods in Paris and Basel before moving…
John Milton
in 1639
1 moment here
English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. This chronology follows documented residences, education, continental travel, marriages, public service,…
Michelangelo
in 1529
1 moment here
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…
Nicolaus Copernicus
in 1503
1 moment here
Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…
Pope Paul III
in 1543
1 moment here
Alessandro Farnese, Pope Paul III, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1534 until 1549.…