Renaissance 1300 - 1500 A.D in the Western World

Discussion about Renaissance Period

1. The Advance of Science and Technology during the Renaissance (AD 1300-A.D 1550 in the Western World) Prepared by: Elsie Joy Licarte-Misoles, LPT Lesson 7

2. Learning Objectives At the end of the lesson , the students are expected to: Describe the development of Science and technology during Renaissance period; Explicate and recognize the significance of the technology invented during the Renaissance period; Recognize and appreciate the works of the different proponents of the Renaissance period.

3. RENAISSANCE

4. Renaissance was a time of creativity and change in Europe . It was a rebirth of cultural and intellectual pursuits after the stagnation of the Middle Ages. The Renaissance produced a golden age with many achievements in art, literature, and science, but most importantly, it produced a new concept of how people thought of themselves, each other, and the world around them.

5. The Renaissance was centered in Italy during 1300s , before spreading throughout Europe in the 1500 and 1600s. Great advances occurred in geography , astronomy, chemistry, physics, mathematics, manufacturing, anatomy and engineering.

6. Science and Technology Development:

7. Michaelangelo is known as sculptor, painter, poet, engineer, and architect. His famous works include the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel , and the sculpture of the biblical character David .

8. The most important technological innovation of the time was the invention of the printing press . This was introduced from China in the 1300s. By the 1400s, movable type was being used in Europe as Johann Gutenberg began printing the Bible in every language. Soon millions of books were in circulation. This invention led to higher literacy rate among people, and helped with the spreading of Renaissance ideas.

9. Some important Renaissance technologies include both innovations and improvements on existing techniques such as:

10. mining and metallurgy: blast furnace, finery forge, slitting mill, arquebus and musket. firearms, and the nautical compass – these inventions allowed modern people to communicate, exercise power, and finally travel at distances unimaginable in earlier times. Parachute: Veranzio’s 1595 parachute design titled “Flying Man” Dry dock and floating dock

11. Newspaper is an offspring of the printing press from which the press derives its name. The 16 th century sees a rising demand for up-to-date information which cannot be covered effectively by the circulating hand-written newssheets . For “gaining time” from the slow copying process, Johann Carolus of Strassburg is the first to publish his German-language Relation by using a printing press (1605). Air-gun: an air-gun equipped with a powerful spiral spring.

12. Alchemy – is the study of the transmutation of materials through obscure processes. It is sometimes described as an early form of chemistry . One of the main aims of alchemists was to find a method of creating gold from other substances. Medieval alchemists worked with two main elements, sulphur and mercury. Paracelsus was an alchemist and physician of the Renaissance. The Paracelsians added a third element, salt, to make a trinity of alchemical elements.

13. Alstronomy – Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). Founded the theory of Heliocentric, that the earth revolved around the sun. Sun is the center of solar system. His book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ( On the Revolutionsof the Celestial Spheres ), was finally published in 1543. A comparison of his work with the Almagest shows that Copernicus was in many ways a Renaissance scientist rather than revolutionary.

14. Medicine – With the Renaissance came an increase came an increase in experimental investigation, principally in the field of dissection and body examination, thus advancing our knowledge of human anatomy.

15. The development of modern neurology begin in the 16 th century with Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), who described the anatomy of the brain and other organs; In 1543, he published one of the most famous publications in natural philosophy his anatomical book De fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body). It was argurably the most important anatomical texts of the century, at once criticizing the work of the ancients, principally Galen , offering new illustrations based on first-hand observation and fresh dissections.

16. Few effective drugs existed, beyond opium and quinine. William Harvey provided a refined and complete description of the circulatory system. The most useful tomes in medicine, used both by students and expert physicians, were materiae medicae and pharmacopoeiae .

17. Otto Brunfels (1530-1536) published Portraits of Living Plants, a botanical work that employed freshly drawn illustrations from living plants, undermining the practice of copying drawings from existing accounts.

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19. Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man , an example of the blend of art and science during the Renaissance. Leonardo Da Vinci studied anatomy, famous works include paintings Mona Lisa and The Last Supper .

20. Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man , an example of the blend of art and science during the Renaissance. Leonardo Da Vinci studied anatomy, famous works include paintings Mona Lisa and The Last Supper .

21. The Printing Press of Gutenberg 15 th Century A.D

22. The inventions of mechanical printing press made possible the dissemination of knowledge to wider population that led to a gradually more egalitarian society and able to dominate other cultures.

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