Renaissance/Reformation/scientific Revolution

perspective

1415

Perspective is defined as “parallel lines converging to a single point: this point is called the vanishing point.” Giotto di Bondone (1277-1337) is considered the father of perspective.

Leonardo Da Vinci

Apr 15, 1452

Leonardo Da Vinci was an artist and engineer. He created the paintings "The Last Supper" and " The Mona Lisa". When he created the Renaissance Man he thought that's what every man would eventually develop into. He invented the parachute, diving suit, armored tank, machine gun and many more.

Michelangelo

Mar 6, 1475

He was a sculptor, painter and architect widely considered to be one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance. He was the main artist of the sistine chapel. He also made the David of Michelangelo.

Thomas More

Feb 7, 1478

Served as his key counselor in the early 1500s, but after he refused to accept the king as head of the Church of England, he got in trouble for treason and got beheaded.

Raphael

Apr 6, 1483

"One of the most talented painters of the Italian Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. He was also a popular architect during his lifetime."

Thomas Cranmer

Jul 2, 1489

"He supported the translation of the bible into English. In 1545, he wrote a litany that is still used in the church. Under the reign of Edward VI, Cranmer was allowed to make the doctrinal changes he thought necessary to the church. In 1549, he helped complete the book of common prayer."

John Calvin

Jul 10, 1509

"Known for his influential Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536), which was the first systematic theological treatise of the reform movement. He stressed the doctrine of predestination, and his interpretations of Christian teachings, known as Calvinism, are characteristic of Reformed churches."

scientifif method

1533

"Galileo used controlled experiments and analyzed data to prove, or disprove, his theories. The process was later refined by scientists such as Francis Bacon and Isaac Newton."

inquisition

1547

referred to as the "Holy Inquisition", was a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy. The Inquisition started in 12th-century France to combat religious dissent, particularly among the Cathars and the Waldensians.

Humanism

1548

"Humanism played a major role in education. Humanists —proponents or practitioners of Humanism during the Renaissance—believed that human beings could be dramatically changed by education. The Humanists of the Renaissance created schools to teach their ideas and wrote books all about education."

Francis Bacon

Jan 22, 1561

"Francis Bacon served as attorney general and Lord Chancellor of England, resigning amid charges of corruption. His more valuable work was philosophical. Bacon took up Aristotelian ideas, arguing for an empirical, inductive approach, known as the scientific method, which is the foundation of modern scientific inquiry."

William shakespeare

Apr 23, 1564

"One of the first writers to use any modern prose in his writings; in fact, the growth of the popularity of prose in Shakespeare's time is clearly shown as he used prose progressively more throughout his career."

Rene Descartes

Mar 31, 1596

"Descartes has been heralded as the first modern philosopher. He is famous for having made an important connection between geometry and algebra, which allowed for the solving of geometrical problems by way of algebraic equations."

Isaac Newton

Jan 4, 1643

"Invented the calculus in the mid to late 1660s (most of a decade before Leibniz did so independently, and ultimately more influentially) and for having formulated the theory of universal gravity — the latter in his Principia."

painting revolution

1830

This movement began in Italy in the 14th century and the term, literally meaning rebirth, describes the revival of interest in the artistic achievements of the Classical world.