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DonatelloDonatello (Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi; c. 1386 - December 13, 1466) was a famous early Renaissance Italian artist and sculptor from Florence. He became well recognized for his creation of the shallow relief style of sculpting, which made the sculpture seem much deeper than it actually was.
Fra AngelicoFra Angelico (c. 1395 - February 18, 1455), born Guido di Pietro, was an Early Italian Renaissance painter, referred to in Vasari's Lives of the Artists as having "a rare and perfect talent".
Paolo UccelloPaolo Uccello (born Paolo di Dono, 1397 - December 10, 1475) was an Italian painter who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art.
Rogier van der WeydenRogier van der Weyden, also known as Roger de la Pasture, Rogier de Bruxelles, (c. 1400 - June 18, 1464) was a Flemish painter.
MasaccioMasaccio (December 21, 1401 - autumn 1428), was the first great painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. His frescoes are the earliest monuments of Humanism, and introduce a plasticity previously unseen in figure painting.
Enguerrand QuartonEnguerrand Quarton or Charonton (c. 1410 - c. 1466) was a French painter and manuscript illuminator whose few surviving works are among the first masterpieces of a distinctively French style, very different from either Italian or Early Netherlandish painting.
Piero della FrancescaPiero della Francesca (c. 1412 - October 12, 1492) was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance. His painting was characterized by its serene humanism and its use of geometric forms, particularly in relation to perspective and foreshortening.
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