Renaissance Art and Science
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Renaissance Art and Science
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Abstract
At the beginning of the fifteenth century a concatenation of circumstances led to the emergence of a new culture that dominating thinking in Europe for about the next two hundred years. An explosion of learning and scholarship in the arts and sciences, beginning in the northern Italian city of Florence, created what later historians labeled the Renaissance. Drawing inspiration from classical and Hellenistic Greek and Roman sources, these scholars and artists developed new ways of looking at the world—ways that would lead, in time, to the creation of modern science.
Contents
- The Renaissance: An Overview
- Renaissance Art and Science
- Church Corruption
- The Great Plague
- Christian Humanism
- Rise of National Monarchies
- Dante and the Italian Communes
- Church Corruption and the Conciliar Movement
- Medieval and Renaissance Art and Architecture
- The Copernican Revolution
- The Newtonian Cosmos
- Roger Bacon: “On Experimental Science” Year: 1268
- Giovanni Boccaccio: The Decameron Year: 1350–1353
- Petrarch: Letter to Lapo de Castiglionchio Year: 1351
- Petrarch: Letter to Francesco Nelli Year: 1360
- Petrus Paulus Vergerius: “Concerning Liberal Studies” Year: ca. 1400
- Christine de Pisan: The Treasure of the City of Ladies Year: ca. 1405
- Leon Alberti: On Painting Year: 1435
- Vespasiano da Bisticci: Portrait of Cosimo de’ Medici Year: ca. 1460
- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man Year: 1486
- The Croyland Chronicle: Battle of Bosworth Field Year: 1486
- Surrender Treaty of the Kingdom of Granada Year: 1491
- Alhambra Decree Year: 1492
- Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus Year: 1492
- Christopher Columbus: Letter to Raphael Sanxis on the Discovery of America Year: 1493
- A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama Year: 1497–1498
- Desiderius Erasmus: The Praise of Folly Year: 1509
- Niccoló Machiavelli: The Prince Year: 1513
- Nicolaus Copernicus: On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres Year: 1543
- Giorgio Vasari: “Leonardo da Vinci, Florentine Painter and Sculptor” Year: 1550
- Michel de Montaigne: “Of the Education of Children” Year: 1579–1580
- Galileo Galilei: Starry Messenger Year: 1610
- Letter of Cardinal Bellarmine to Paolo Antonio Foscarini concerning Galileo’s Theories Year: 1615
- Isaac Newton: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy Year: 1687