(1564–1642) Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei Works: • Discourse on Floating Bodies (English) • The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei (English) Galileo in Art: Sustermans, Justus (1597-1681) Ritratto di Galileo Galilei 1635 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Born February…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Euclide (Euclid) c.1630–1635 Oil on canvas, 125.1 × 92.4 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria della Prudenza (Allegory of Prudence) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 95.2 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 that Giordano made in preparation for the ceiling frescoes…
(1423–1497) Antonio di Tuccio Manetti Works: • Novella del Grasso legnaiuolo (Italian) • Studi sulla Divina commedia (Italian) • Vita di Filippo di ser Brunellesco architetto fiorentino (Italian) Born July 6 1423 Firenze (Italia) Died May 26 1497 Firenze (Italia) Occupation Architect…
(1377–1446) The artist’s works: Sacrificio di Isacco 1401 Museo del Bargello, Firenze Madonna col Bambino s.d. Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Works: • Santa Croce (Firenze) • Santa Maria del Fiore (Firenze) • Spedale degli Innocenti (Firenze) Born 1377 Firenze (Italia) Died April 15 1446 Firenze (Italia) Buried…
(c.1416–1492) Piero di Benedetto de’ Franceschi The artist’s works: Battesimo di Cristo probably about 1437–1445 National Gallery, London Sant’Apollonia c.1455–1460 National Gallery of Art, Washington Madonna col Bambino e quattro angeli c.1460–1470 Clark Art Institute, Williamstown San Michele Arcangelo completed 1469 National Gallery, London Natività…
(1397–1475) Paolo di Dono or Paolo Doni The artist’s works: Annunciazione early 1420s Ashmolean Museum, Oxford San Giorgio e il drago c.1430 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Santa Monica e due fanciulli oranti c.1430–1435 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Battaglia di San Romano c.1435–1440…
(1596–1650) Renatus Cartesius Works: • A Discourse of a Method for the Well Guiding of Reason and the Discovery of Truth in the Sciences (English) • Betrachtungen über die Grundlagen der Philosophie (German) • Discours de la méthode (French) •…
(1623–1662) Works: • Notes de Voltaire et de Condorcet sur les pensées de Pascal (French) • Pascal’s Pensées (English) • The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal (English) Born June 19 1623 Clermont-Ferrand (France) Died August 19 1662 Paris (France) Occupation Inventor Mathematician…
(1725–1798) Giacomo Girolamo Casanova Jacques, Chevalier de Seingalt Works: • The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (English) Filmography as Writer: Il Casanova di Federico Fellini 1976 Director: Federico Fellini Starring: Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont Casanova in Film: La nuit de…