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1415
Perspective
Renaissance culture fostered a renewed interest in Math, Science, Philosophy, and Art which all were combined in a linear perspective. They used geometric lines and a vanishing point to give the illusion of depth and space. The Linear Perspective was found by someone named Filippo Brunelleschi -
Jan 1, 1449
Lorenzo De Medici
Lorenzo was Famous well known Italian Statesman. He was born into a high end wealthy family. He was ruler and patron of arts and letters. -
1450
Printing Revolution
The Printing Revolution was the start of a machine called the Printing press. The person who made the invention at this time was Johannes Gutenberg. In his success of this amazing machine he made over 180 copies of the bible 21 copies of the Gutenberg bible and 4 copies of the vellum bible. -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci Was a smart, educated, and intelligent man. He's known for painting, drawing, sculpting, science, engineering, architecture, and anatomy. We all know one of his famous paintings the Mona Lisa. He also was thinking way beyond his time he had ideas for planes and helicopters. -
Apr 6, 1463
Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino
Raphael Was a Famous Italian Renaissance painter. He was known for painting and architecture. He's well known for painting The School of Athens and The Sistine Madonna. Raphael's art work was mainly admired for its texture. -
Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo Di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
He was a very talented artist and sculpture. We know him from the Sculpture of David and Moses. He also painted the Sistine Chapel celling. He was part of the High Renaissance movement. -
Jun 28, 1491
King Henry VIII
King Henry was the King of England for 36 years. He brought his nation into the Protestant Reformation. He had six wives he had 2 of the wives Beheaded for adultery and treason. He had several children that took their own turns into England's Monarch. -
1500
Humanism
Humanism is an outlook or system of thought that has major importance to human rather than supernatural matters. When the Renaissance Cultural Movement it turned away from Medieval Scholasticism and revived ancient Greek and Roman thought. Humanist beliefs and stress and goodness of human beings they only seek solely rational ways of solving human issues. -
1500
Scientific Method
The Scientific Method was used in all Math, Science, Art, and Philosophy. -
Sep 7, 1533
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I was known as the Virgin Queen for not reluctant to endanger her authority through marriage. She ruled England for 44 busy years. Her father was King Henry VIII. -
1542
Inquisition
Inquisition was the very harsh questioning or intense investigation. Historically they were a Judicial or Official Inquiry. France became notorious for its use of terrible harsh torture in 1542. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo
Galileo was a Astronomer during the Scientific Revolution. He discovered Ganymede, Europa, Callisto, Io, and the Rings of Saturn. He was the first known person to study the skies in detail with a telescope. He also invented a improved telescope so he can see more detail. -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was a young talented fellow who was known for playwrighting, poet, and being a actor. He wrote many plays, sonnets, and poems. We known him from his plays Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet. He got to let his plays preform in front of tons of people and royal citizens. -
Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes was a French Philosopher, Scientist, and Mathematician. He spent a total of 20 years of his life in the Dutch Republic. He went to several University's such as University of Poitiers and University of Franeker. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was a well known Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian, and Author. He made the Laws of Motion and Laws of Universal Gravitation. He did go to Trinity College Cambridge to study Law.
