The People Of Florence
Around the 15th Century, Florence was fortunate to have:
- Polymath Leonardo Da Vinci, the quintessential Renaissance Man.
- The artists Raphael and Michelangelo.
- The sculptor Donatello.
- The writer of ‘The Prince’, Niccolò Machiavelli.
- The explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
- The artist Andrea del Verrocchio, mentor of Da Vinci.
- Sandro Botticelli, another great artist.
- The first modern engineer and father of Renaissance architecture, Filippo Brunelleschi.
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