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Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Notable Works: Hunters in the Snow, The Tower of Babel, Peasant Wedding; Impact: His depiction of peasant life and landscapes significantly influenced Dutch and Flemish Renaissance art.
Titian
Notable Works: Venus of Urbino, Assumption of the Virgin, Bacchus and Ariadne; Impact: His use of color and pioneering brushwork influenced generations of artists well into the Baroque period.
Hieronymus Bosch
Notable Works: The Garden of Earthly Delights, The Haywain Triptych, The Temptation of St. Anthony; Impact: His fantastical illustrations had a unique and lasting influence on Surrealism and symbolism in art.
Jan van Eyck
Notable Works: Arnolfini Portrait, Ghent Altarpiece, Madonna with Canon van der Paele; Impact: Pioneered oil painting techniques and constituted a key figure in the Northern Renaissance.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Notable Works: David, Sistine Chapel ceiling, The Last Judgment; Impact: Influenced western art with his depiction of the human body, his work defined Renaissance art.
Donatello
Notable Works: David (bronze sculpture), Saint Mark, Gattamelata; Impact: He was a pioneer in creating lifelike, naturalistic sculptures, leading to a new era of Renaissance art.
Raphael Sanzio
Notable Works: School of Athens, The Sistine Madonna, Transfiguration; Impact: Known for his clarity of form and ease of composition, he played a significant role in shaping the Renaissance classicist style.
Albrecht Dürer
Notable Works: Melencolia I, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Knight, Death, and the Devil; Impact: His work had a profound influence on the Renaissance outside Italy, especially in his use of woodcuts and engravings.
Filippo Brunelleschi
Notable Works: The Dome of Florence Cathedral, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Pazzi Chapel; Impact: He revolutionized architecture with the use of perspective in art, leading to the rise of architectural achievements in the Renaissance.
Leonardo da Vinci
Notable Works: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, Vitruvian Man; Impact: Pioneer of the High Renaissance, embodied the Renaissance humanist ideal, contributed to art, science, and invention.
Sandro Botticelli
Notable Works: The Birth of Venus, Primavera, Adoration of the Magi; Impact: Known for his linear style and mythical themes, his work is signature of the early Renaissance period.
El Greco
Notable Works: The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, View of Toledo, The Adoration of the Shepherds; Impact: His dramatic and expressionist style was a precursor to the Baroque and bucked the trends of his time.
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