Leonardo
da Vinci
Leonardo was an Italian artist born in 1452.
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da Vinci actually means 'from Vinci' and as Leonardo was born in the small town of Vinci he was given this name.
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Leonardo was not only a great painter but a sculptor, a scientist, an inventor and much more. He kept secret notebooks that were written in mirrored text and inside these notebooks we've discovered many of his secrets.
Michaelangelo
Michaelangelo was another Italian artist from the Renaissance period. Like Leonardo he was a master painter. He painted the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican - the most famous ceiling in the world.
As well as painting, Michaelnangelo was a master sculptor. Many of his most famous sculptures such as the Statue of David can be found in the city of Florence.
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Rafael
Along with Leonardo and Michelangelo, Rafael is one of the great masters of the renaissance. He spent some time working in Florence but is best known fo this work in The Rafael Rooms in the Vatican. There you can find his most famous painting; The School of Athens which features many of the great thinkers from history.
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso began his career as an artist by painting realistic looking paintings.
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As time went on Picasso liked to paint things in different styles and from various different perspectives. One of these styles is called Cubism. Picasso would look at the different shapes that made up a person or an object and move the shapes around to form a unique composition.
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