Venice in the Renaissance
The atlas holds 13 people and 26 moments here, from 1321 to 1600. The most recorded lives are Petrarch, Ignatius of Loyola and Albrecht Dürer.
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…
Dante Alighieri
in 1321
1 moment here
Florentine poet, prose writer, philosopher, and statesman whose Divine Comedy became a foundational work of Italian and European literature.…
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…
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,…
Giovanni Boccaccio
from 1363 to 1367
2 moments here
Italian writer, poet, and humanist, best known for the Decameron. His documented life moved between Florence, Naples, Romagna, papal Avignon and…
Ignatius of Loyola
from 1523 to 1537
4 moments here
Basque Spanish priest, former soldier, and founder of the Society of Jesus. His documented movements span Gipuzkoa, Castile, Catalonia, France, the…
Leonardo da Vinci
in 1500
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Marco Polo
in 1324
2 moments here
Venetian merchant, traveler, and author whose account describes journeys across Asia between 1271 and 1295.…
Michelangelo
from 1494 to 1529
2 moments here
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…
Michel de Montaigne
in 1580
1 moment here
French Renaissance writer, magistrate, diplomat, and two-term mayor of Bordeaux, best known for the Essais.…
Niccolò Machiavelli
in 1525
1 moment here
Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…
Peter Paul Rubens
in 1600
1 moment here
Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…
Petrarch
from 1321 to 1372
4 moments here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Moments
- 1321 Journey through Venice Petrarch
- 1321 Undertook an embassy to Venice Dante Alighieri
- 1324 Buried at San Lorenzo Marco Polo
- 1324 Dies in Venice Marco Polo
- 1353 Peace embassy to Venice Petrarch
- 1362 Residence at Palazzo Molina Petrarch
- 1363 Visit to Petrarch in Venice Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1367 Venice visit Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1372 Final diplomatic speech in Venice Petrarch
- 1494 First Italian journey: Venice Albrecht Dürer
- 1494 Brief stay in Venice Michelangelo
- 1500 Flees to Venice Leonardo da Vinci
- 1506 Letter from Venice Albrecht Dürer
- 1506 Second Venetian residence Albrecht Dürer
- 1523 First stay in Venice Ignatius of Loyola
- 1524 Return to Venice Ignatius of Loyola
- 1525 Wool Guild mission Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1529 Flees toward Venice Michelangelo
- 1535 Arrival in Venice before reunion Ignatius of Loyola
- 1537 Ordination in Venice Ignatius of Loyola
- 1580 Visit to Venice Michel de Montaigne
- 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
- 1600 First Italian stop in Venice Peter Paul Rubens