Scientific Revolution and Renaissance

Jan van Eyc

Jul 9, 1441

Jan van Eyc is Flemish painter who is famous for perfecting the newly developed technique of oil painting. His motto, one of the first and still most distinctive signatures in art history. Jan van Eyck's designs and methods were copied and reproduced through out the world of art back then and now. (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jan-van-Eyck)

Leonardo da Vinci (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci)

May 2, 1503

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance. What he is most famous for is creating a world famous painting called the "Mona Lisa". The reason for such fame was, from the fact that the painting seemed to break every aspect of traditional painting, yet still uphold Renaissance values. The impact it had on the world was the different pose and use of techniques, that no one knew until Leonardo brought it out to peoples eyes and advanced the techniques of painting.

Galileo Galilei

Jun 8, 1564

Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer, and is know as the "father of observational astronomy". Galileo is most famous for creating the worlds first microscope in 1609 Galileo Galilei perfected the first device known as a microscope. This impacted the world of science, it opened many doors for scientists then and now in discovering and seeing knew thing, that no one could see with a naked eye. (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Galileo-Galilei)

William Shakespeare (https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Shakespeare)

Apr 22, 1594

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, actor, and was know as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. What he is know for is Shakespeare it's the most famous playwright in the world, written over 37 plays and 154 sonnets. The impact it had on the world was teaching us about ourselves and humanity, but he also invented around 1700 words which we still use in everyday English today.

Isaac Newton

Mar 31, 1643

Isaac Newton a British English mathematician, physicist, and author who is widely recognized as key figure in the scientific revolution. He is know for inventing the corpuscular light theory. Its his observation that white light could be separated by a prism into a spectrum of different colors, each characterized by a unique refractivity. (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isaac-Newton)

William Harvey

Jun 3, 1657

William Harvey was a British English physician. He is famous for being the first to known in detail, the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and the rest of the body by the heart. Since, then medicine developed rapidly increasing people’s life span and becoming the foundation of medicine. (https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Harvey/Renaissance-influences)