jan 1, 1400 - The Renaissance Masters

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Artists, poets, engineers, architects, philosophers and any creative type in Italy at this time, enjoyed a higher degree of patronage than ever before in their history. This would see the like of Leonardo da Vinci, Macchiavelli Petrarch, Raphael, Michelangelo and Boccaccio among others.

A veneration of the classical world, made possible by the rediscovery and translations of the works of Aristotle, Virgil and others is a constant theme throughout their work.

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