scientific revolution and renaissance

Leonardo da vinci

1452

Leonardo da Vinci is well known for his best works the Mona Lisa, and the last supper but his work as a scientist and an inventor made him a true renaissance man. Leonardo changed the world not only with his art but with his notebook he had the ability to think centuries ahead of his time coming up with the helicopter and was the first to know about human teeth. many of his designs were far-fetched but he did work on ideas and items we use today.

Niccolo Machiavelli

1469

Niccolo Machiavelli is an Italian renaissance political philosopher who was most famous work for is the prince it was a handbook for unscrupulous politicians. Niccolo's work had a profound impact on political leaders thought-out with his favoritism of republicanism.

Raphael

1483

Raphael Italian high renaissance artist most famous for his paintings, including Madonna in the Meadow and the Marriage of the Virgin his work is admired for its clarity of form ease of composition, and vibrant coloring. with his work, Raphael was able to change the history of art in Italy and beyond.

William Shakespeare

1564

William Shakespeare is a worldwide known writer, he has many works which are all about love, life, death, and so on. he wrote a lot of plays and his most famous are Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet. william had and incredible influence on the english language and invented around 1700 words we still use today and william shakespeare was not just a poet and influence on the english language but on movies as well and till this day we still read his poetry and act in his plays.

Galileo Galilei

1564

Galileo Galilei is well known for his contributions to the fields of physics, astronomy he made an improved telescope that let him see the moon as well as the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, venus, and sunspots. because of this galileo helped prove that the earth revolved around the sun. galileo may not be here today but because of his telescope, we are able to see space and all of the other plants.

Isaac newton

1643

Isaac Newton is an English physicist and mathematician, who was the culminating figure he is most famous for his discovery of the laws of gravity and motion. His idea brought to the world changed the way everyone saw the world with the new discoveries with the way the plants work to how rainbows are created and to this day his idea is still used to underpin much of modern physics and engineering.