VI Some of Michelangelo’s Famous Italian Contemporaries
Rulers
Florentine Dukes:—
Lorenzo de’ Medici, 1469-1492.
Piero de’ Medici succeeded Lorenzo 1492, expelled from Florence 1493.
Alessandro de’ Medici, made first hereditary duke of Florence 1531, assassinated 1537.
Cosimo de’ Medici succeeded Alessandro, 1537-1574.
Popes:—
Sixtus IV., 1471-1484.
Innocent VIII., 1484-1492.
Alexander VI., 1492-1503.
Pius III., 1503-1503.
Julius II., 1503-1513.
Leo X., 1513-1522.
Hadrian VI., 1522-1523.
Clement VII., 1523-1534.
Paul III., 1534-1550.
Marcellus II., 1550-1555.
Paul IV., 1555-1555.
Pius IV., 1555-1559.
Pius V., 1559-1566.
Men of Letters
Boiardo, 1434-1494, poet (Orlando Innamorato).
Ariosto, 1474-1533, poet (Orlando Furioso).
Aretino (Venetian) 1492-1557, poet.
Francesco Berni, 1496-1535, burlesque poet.
Bandello, 1480-1562, novelliero.
Sannazaro, 1458-1530, poet (Arcadia).
Niccolo Machiavelli, 1469-1527, author of The Prince.
Gucciardini, 1483-1540, historian.
Tasso, 1544-1595, poet (Gerusalemme Liberata).
Group Centring About Lorenzo the Magnificent in Florence
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.