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Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)

Also known as: da Vinci, Leonard, Leonardo, Leonardo di ser Piero, Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, Lionardo di ser Piero

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Leon Battista Alberti1404–1472
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His treatises on painting and architecture combine art theory, perspective, and mathematics much as Leonardo's notebooks and Treatise on Painting do. (AI reason)
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Albrecht Dürer1471–1528
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His writings on human proportion and geometry pursue the same fusion of artistic practice and scientific measurement. (AI reason)
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Giorgio Vasari1511–1574
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The Lives of the Artists explores Renaissance painting and artistic method from within the same Italian tradition. (AI reason)
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Galileo Galilei1564–1642
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His Italian prose on mechanics and observation carries forward Leonardo's empirical inquiry into nature and motion. (AI reason)
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Cennino Cennini1360–1440
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Il libro dell'arte is a practical Italian handbook on painting techniques and materials, close to Leonardo's technical notes. (AI reason)
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Pacioli, Luca1445–1517
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De divina proportione treats geometry, proportion, and aesthetics, themes central to Leonardo's studies. (AI reason)
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Benvenuto Cellini1500–1571
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His autobiography and treatises on goldsmithing and sculpture offer a vivid Renaissance artist's account of craft. (AI reason)
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Michelangelo1475–1564
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His poems and letters reflect on art, beauty, and creation from the same High Renaissance milieu. (AI reason)
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Niccolò Machiavelli1469–1527
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His Italian prose shares the period's observational, analytical approach to the world. (AI reason)
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