Cristoforo Landino, 1424-1504, tutor of Lorenzo, and professor of Latin Literature.
Bartolommeo Scala, 1430-1497, chancellor of Florence.
Luigi Pulci, 1431-1487, writer of burlesque epic Il Morgante Maggiore, and intimate friend of Lorenzo and Poliziano.
Marsilio Ficino, 1433-1499, president of Academy in 1463, translator of Plato and Plotinus.
Angelo Poliziano, 1454-1494, tutor of Lorenzo's children, and professor of Greek and Latin Literature in University of Florence.
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, 1463-1494, published 900 theses at Rome in defence of Platonic mysticism.
Group in Rome:—
Pietro Bembo, 1470-1547, made cardinal in 1539, master of Latin style and also writer in Italian.
Jacopo Sadoleto, 1477-1547, made cardinal in 1536, writer of Latin verses, moral treatises, and commentary on Romans.
Egidio Canisio, 1470-1532, made cardinal in 1457, Latin orator and writer on philosophy, history, and theology.
Paolo Giovio, 1483-1552, bishop of Nocera 1528, historian and biographer.
Baldassare Castiglione, 1478-1529, diplomatist and scholar.
Gian Francesco Pico della Mirandola, 1470-1533, author of life of Savonarola.
Jerome Aleander, 1480-1542, made cardinal in 1536, librarian at Vatican.
Marcus Musurus, 1470-1517, lecturer in Gymnasium Caballini Montis.
Joannes Lascaris, 1445-1535, superintendent of Greek press established in Rome by Leo X.
Riario, Giulio de' Medici, Bibbiena, Petrucci, Farnese, Alidosi, Gonzaga, cardinals and patrons of literature.
PAINTERS.
| Ghirlandajo, | 1449-1495? | Florentine |
| Verrocchio, | 1435-1488 | " |
| Leonardo da Vinci, | 1452-1519 | " |
| Bartolommeo, | 1475-1517 | " |
| Francesco Granacci, | 1477-1543 (friend of Michelangelo) | " |
| Giuliano Bugiardini, | 1475-1554 (friend of Michelangelo) | " |
| Raphael, | 1483-1520 | " |
| Andrea del Sarto, | 1486-1531 | " |
| Sebastiano del Piombo, | 1485-1547 | " |
| Giorgio Vasari, | 1512-1574 | " |
| Giovanni Bellini, | 1428-1516 | Venetian |
| Giorgione, | 1477-1510 | " |
| Titian, | 1477-1576 | " |
| Tintoretto, | 1518-1594 | " |
| Paolo Veronese, | 1528-1588 | " |
| Perugino, | 1446-1523 | Umbrian |
| Bazzi, | 1477-1549 | Sienese |
| Baldassare Peruzzi, | 1481-1536 (also architect) | " |
| Domenico Beccafumi, | 1486-1551 | " |
| Mantegna, | 1431-1506 | Mantuan |
| Francia, | 1450-1518 | Bolognese |
| Correggio, | 1494-1534 | Emilian |
MISCELLANEOUS.
Savonarola, 1452-1498, prior of monastery of S. Marco, Florence, preacher, reformer, martyr.
Marc' Antonio, 1487-1539, engraver.
Bramante, 1444-1514, architect of St. Peter's.
Antonio da San Gallo, 1485-1546, architect of St. Peter's.
Christopher Columbus, 1436 or 1446-1506, discoverer.
Aldo Manuzio (Teobaldo Mannucci), 1450-1515, printer, established press at Venice 1490.
Vittoria Colonna, 1490-1547, poet.