Durer
Of all the Renaissance artists, I like Durer the best. He did great work and he stayed very humble. Like many of the painters of the Northern Renaissance, he painted more daily live things than grandiose paintings of mythical scenes. Maybe it is because we are looking back with an interest in what it was like living in those times and getting glimpses of that through those every day scenes that make them so special. The presentation below gives a really nice biographical overview of Durer's life and what it was like to apprentice in that time in history. You can also enjoy a 360 panoramic view of a room in his workshop and explore art mediums of that time in history. It is a pretty large, 17 mb presentation, so give it time to load up. You will find it worth it. :0)