*Italian poet Franseco Petrarch: first person to use the word renaissance to describe the time in which he lived. He was also the first humanist *Giovanni Boccaccio: one of the first writers to use vernacular. He is also best known for the Decameron, a collection of stories that shows his lively interest in men and women as unique individuals. *In the 1300s, the Italian painter Giotto developed a new style of painting that emphasized natural …showed first 75 words of 214 total…

…showed last 75 words of 214 total…direct relationship with god. *Desiderius Erasmus: dutch priest and scholar, exerted an enormous interllectual influence, sharp critic of the church *Sir Thamas More of England paved the way for the radical reforms of Martin Luther and John Calvin. *Miguel De Cervantes: wrote the first novel: Don Quixote *Neoclassicism: imitation of classical greek and roman forms *Pierre de Ronsard is famous for the French poems he modeled after classical poets, as well as for his sonnets.