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The Italian Renaissance (Italian: Rinascimento [rinaʃʃiˈmento]) was a period in Italian history between the 14th and 16th centuries. The period is known for the initial development of the broader Renaissance culture that spread across Western Europe and marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity.
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy (House of Savoy). The nobility of Italy (Italian: Nobiltà italiana) comprised individuals and their families of the Italian Peninsula, and the islands linked with it, recognized by the sovereigns of the Italian city-states since the Middle Ages, and by the kings of Italy after the unification of the region into a single state, the Kingdom of Italy.
The House of Medici (English: / ˈ m ɛ d ɪ tʃ i / MED-itch-ee, UK also / m ə ˈ d iː tʃ i / mə-DEE-chee; [4] Italian: [ˈmɛːditʃi]) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first consolidated power in the Republic of Florence under Cosimo de' Medici during the first half of the 15th century.
Master of the Bambino Vispo (early 15th century) Master of the Osservanza Triptych (fl. 1425–1450) Paolo de Matteis (c. 1662–1728) Filippo Mazzola (1460–1505) Ludovico Mazzolino (1480–c. 1528) Carla Carli Mazzucato (born 1935) Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli "il Morazzone" (1573–1626) Master of the Bambino Vispo (early 15th century)
Giovanna d'Acquapendente. Anne of Savoy. Antonia Malatesta of Cesena. Antonia Uccello. Caterina Appiani. Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan. Isotta degli Atti.
Diana Scultori Mantuana (1547-1612) – engraver, daughter of the sculptor and engraver Giovanni Battista Ghisi. One of the first female engravers. Mariangiola Criscuolo (c.1548–1630) – painter, daughter of painter Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo. Cecilia Brusasorzi (1549 – 1593) – painter, daughter of painter Domenico Brusasorzi.
Reinhold Messner (born 1944) Umberto Nobile (1885–1978) Antonio Pigafetta (1491–1530) Emanuele Piloti. Marco Polo (c. 1253–1323) Niccolò and Maffeo Polo (c. 1230 – c. 1294, c. 1230 – c. 1309) Michele Pontrandolfo (born 1971) Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873–1933)
Luca Pacioli was born between 1446 and 1448 in the Tuscan town of Sansepolcro where he received an abbaco education. This was education in the vernacular (i.e., the local tongue) rather than Latin and focused on the knowledge required of merchants. His father was Bartolomeo Pacioli; however, Luca Pacioli was said to have lived with the Befolci ...