Category: Historical Figures

Considered the father of modern political science and political philosophy.

The renaissance sculptor responsible for creating the Baptistery of Florence.

A family with its history in terracotta finely etched onto the city for centuries.

Poet, humanist and author of On Famous Women and The Decameron.

Sculptor, goldsmith and famous for developing a revolutionary painting technique.

Writer, cryptographer and all-round intellectual that also assisted Pope Nicholas V.

Influenced by Florence his 'La belle Jardiniere' is a revered statement of the renaissance.

Born in nearby Empoli, noted Italian portraitist and mannerist painter.

Early Florentine artist capturing the late Gothic style and the transformation.

Watching Masaccio working in the Carmine church inspired this artist to take the same path.