Renaissance

renaissance

Period: Mar 10, 1350 to Mar 10, 1650

Theoricae Novae Planetarum (book)

Mar 10, 1450

in 1450, Georg Purbach mathematician began a series of lectures on astronomy at the University of Vienna. One of his students, Regiomontanus , collected his notes on the lecture and later published them as Theoricae novae planetarum in the 1470s

Sistine Chapel

Mar 9, 1510

Michaelangelo took four years (1508-1512) to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo was originally supposed to paint the 12 Apostles in the starry sky, but wanted a different scheme.

The School of Athens

Apr 10, 1511

The School of Athens is one of the most famous paintings by Raphael It was painted between 1510 and 1511 as a part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.

Nicolaus Copernicus

Mar 10, 1514

Nicolaus Copernicus was part of the first generation of astronomers to be trained with the Theoricae novae and the Epitome. Shortly before 1514 he began to explore a new idea that the Earth revolves around the Sun. He spent the rest of his life attempting a mathematical proof of heliocentrism.

Mona Lisa

Mar 10, 1520

Mona Lisa is a 16th-century portrait painted in oil by Leonardo da Vinci in Florence, Italy.The Mona Lisa is so widely recognized, caricatured, and sought out by visitors to the Louvre that it is considered the most famous painting in the world.

The Medici Chapels

Mar 10, 1524

The Medici Chapels in the Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence comprise two structures. One is the Sagrestia Nuova, the "New Sacristy", designed by Michelangelo. The other is the Cappella dei Principi, the 16th and 17th-century "Chapel of the Princes", which is entirely covered with a revetment of colored marbles inlaid with pietra dura.

The Laurentian Library

Mar 10, 1525

The Laurentian Library was desighned by michaelangelo, commissioned in 1523, and construction began in 1525. The Laurentian Library is one of Michelangelo's most important architectural achievements because the innovations and use of space in the Laurentian Library were revolutionary.

On the Magnet and Magnetic Bodies, and on the Great Magnet the Earth

Mar 10, 1600

William Gilbert published On the Magnet and Magnetic Bodies, and on the Great Magnet the Earth, which told of a theory of magnetism and electricity.

Galileo Galilei

Mar 10, 1604

Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. He improved the telescope, with which he made several important astronomical discoveries, including the four largest moons of Jupiter(named the Galilean moons).

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Mar 10, 1640

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch tradesman and scientist from Delft, Netherlands. Using his handcrafted microscopes he was the first to observe and describe single celled organisms, which he originally referred to as animalcules, and which we now refer to as microorganisms.