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Renaissance &Science
Term | Definition |
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Secularism | seperation of the state from religion |
Humanism | Focus more on the human aspect of life |
Renaissance | the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century. Italy only Greek & Roman knowledge |
Northern Renaissance | The spread of knowledge through out Europe Including England and other countries |
Leonardo Da Vinci | Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519) was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman |
Michelangelo | Michelangelo is widely regarded as the most famous artist of the Italian Renaissance. Among his works are the "David" and "Pieta" statues and the Sistine Chapel frescoes |
Albrecht Durer | Albrecht Durer was regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist. His work includes altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, engravings, and woodcuts |
Desiderius Erasmus | Theologian A man of great intellect , he defined the humanist movement in Northern Europe Reform of the church |
William Shakespeare | Playwriter was famous for his plays and did big impact on the English language |
Niccolo Machiavelli | Italian diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli is best known for writing The Prince, "Machiavellian" and established its author as the "father of modern political theory." |
Johannes Kepler | Mathematician German astronomer who discovered three major laws of planetary motion, |
Galileo Galilei | An Astronomer who was known for discovering the moon in Jupiter. He was also prosecuted by the church for claiming the Earth revolve around the Sun. |
Isaac Newton | Created the Three of Motion (Gravity) |
William Harvey | Physician studied into the vascular system and in 1616 he announced his discovery of the circulation of blood within the body |
Nicolaus Copernicus | He is best known as the first astronomer to posit the idea of a heliocentric solar system—a system in which the planets and planetary objects orbit the sun |