| Artist | Significance |
| Pico della Mirandola | Wrote "Oration on the Dignity of Man". One of the most famous writings of the Renaissance. |
| Francesco Guicciardini | Italian historian. Known as the Father of Modern History. |
| Giotto | Painter during N. Rennaissnce. His Arena Chapel became a masterpiece of the early Renaissance. |
| Botticelli | "Primavera" |
| Donatello | Statue of "David" |
| Brunelleschi | Church of San Lorenzo |
| Leonardo da Vinci | "Last Supper" |
| Raphel | Frescoes in the Vatican |
| Michelangelo | Obsessed w/ human beings |
| Durer | Mastery in the laws of Perspective and the Rennaisance theories of proportion. |
