Renaissance History, Introduction

Introduction

This is my 3rd article. It involves adding pioneer Renaissance figures to selected nations of Europe: Italy, Spain, France, Germany, England, and Russia. In current history as we know it, the Renaissance, which is said to have originated in Florence, Italy, took quite a while for the most part to be spread outside of Italy, although it entered certain nations like Spain earlier on, as I recall. This thread entails shortening this process, hence the introduction of additional pioneer Renaissance men. As can be inferred from the following paragraphs, the Renaissance goes from Italy to Spain around 1375, as well as other nations afterward, leading up to its entry into Russia around 1395. After the Renaissance enters Russia, there is a highly mobilized mainstream process that spreads it to the rest of Europe, a process finalizing by around 1400.

Some Main Early Figures of the Italian Renaissance (1300-1600)

1. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian literary figure
2. Giotto di Bondone (c. 1270-1337), Italian painter and architect
3. Giuseppe Abruzzo (1279-1340), Italian literary figure, writer, poet, playwright, and philosopher
4. Giovanni Castagnini (1282-1354), Italian painter
5. Giacomo Gabatti (1288-1367), Italian sculptor
6. Francesco Bontadini (1296-1373), Italian architect
7. Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374), Italian scholar
8. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer
9. Luciano Marrone (1340-1410), Italian composer, earliest one of the Italian Renaissance (also a scholar, literary figure, writer, poet, playwright, philosopher, painter, sculptor, and architect)

Some Main Early Figures of the Spanish Renaissance (1375-1600)

1. Miguel Vazquez (1343-1418), Spanish scholar, literary figure, writer, poet, playwright, philosopher, painter, sculptor, architect, and composer (imported the Renaissance into Spain in 1375, and the first Spanish composer to compose Renaissance music)
2. Jose Delarosa (1344-1406), Spanish literary figure, writer, poet, playwright, and philosopher
3. Domingo Zorrilla (1345-1413), Spanish painter
4. Pablo Escandon (1347-1421), Spanish sculptor
5. Ramon Garriga (1349-1429), Spanish architect

Some Main Early Figures of the French Renaissance (1380-1600)

1. Jacques Bonneville (1348-1424), French scholar, literary figure, writer, poet, playwright, philosopher, painter, sculptor, architect, and composer (imported the Renaissance into France in 1380, and the first French composer to compose Renaissance music)
2. Guillaume Pelletier (1349-1413), French literary figure, writer, poet, playwright, and philosopher
3. Pierre Letellier (1350-1423), French painter
4. Jean Chagnon (1352-1429), French sculptor
5. Jacques Echard (1354-1435), French architect

Some Main Early Figures of the German Renaissance (1385-1600)

1. Heinrich Becker (1353-1431), German scholar, literary figure, writer, poet, playwright, philosopher, painter, sculptor, architect, and composer (imported the Renaissance into the German states in 1385, and the first German composer to compose Renaissance music)
2. Johann Buckner (1354-1423), German literary figure, writer, poet, playwright, and philosopher
3. Georg von Ehrhorn (1355-1431), German painter
4. Wilhelm Treuherz (1357-1432), German sculptor
5. Ludwig Burbach (1359-1442), German architect

Some Main Early Figures of the English Renaissance (1390-1600)

1. John Taylor (1358-1440), English scholar, literary figure, writer, poet, playwright, philosopher, painter, sculptor, architect, and composer (imported the Renaissance into England in 1390, and the first English composer to compose Renaissance music)
2. Richard Woodard (1359-1432), English literary figure, writer, poet, playwright, and philosopher
3. John Seagraves (1360-1438), English painter
4. William Prestridge (1362-1436), English sculptor
5. Henry Palmore (1364-1448), English architect

Some Main Early Figures of the Russian Renaissance (1395-1600)

1. Vasily Malikov (1364-1441), Russian literary figure, writer, poet, playwright, and philosopher
2. Yuri Artemov (1365-1447), Russian painter
3. Boris Kafelnikov (1366-1449), Russian sculptor
4. Mikhail Obolensky (1367-1451), Russian architect
5. Ivan Petrov (1368-1453), Russian scholar, literary figure, writer, poet, playwright, philosopher, painter, sculptor, architect, and composer (imported the Renaissance into Russia in 1395, and the first Russian composer to compose Renaissance music)

Note

• All the names in these lists were invented, with the exceptions of Dante, Giotto, Petrarch, and Boccaccio in the Italian Renaissance list. Of these four, Dante and Petrarch are famous, Giotto and Boccaccio being somewhat as such.