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Nov 11, 1308
Dante
[Lansing, Richard H. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.](Lansing, Richard H. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.)1308. Inferno. The nine circles of hell. Invented the idea of hell. Fear of hell. -
Nov 12, 1413
Percpective
- Perspective is a technique used by artists to give a picture the illusion of depth and distance. When observing a picture done in perspective, viewers have the impression that they are looking through a window. The sides of the picture serve as the "window frame." The scene appears to recede into the distance from a fixed point on the viewer's side of the window. Lasting impact on us as we create painting through a way of perspective to make it look alive and creative. Perspective is al
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Nov 13, 1469
Leonardo Da vinci
- Changed the thinking of people through science and art.As he was the renaissance man, he made a lasting impact in the scientific and art field and we still use his ideas.
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Nov 13, 1492
Christophor Columbus
(1451-1506), was an outstanding navigator and organizer of expeditions. He achieved fame by sailing across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe in search of a western sea route to Asia. However, he never accomplished this goal. Instead, in 1492, he encountered islands in the Caribbean Sea. Until that time, Europeans and Native Americans had not been aware of each other’s existence. During his four voyages westward, between 1492 and 1504, Columbus explored the Caribbean region and parts of Centra -
Nov 15, 1503
Alexander iv
Alexander VI (1431-1503) was the most worldly of the Renaissance popes. -
Nov 15, 1513
Nicollo Machiavelli
He wrote the Prince about how to be a effective leader
He made a lasting impact as he taught us how to be a great leader through his book 'The Prince' -
Nov 15, 1533
Medicine/ Anatomy
After the black death happened in middle ages the people started thinking about how could they cure it. But as the church didn’t let people dissect bodies, they had to do it secretly. -
Nov 15, 1534
Henry the viii
Henry the 8th was the king of England and he created the church of England as he wanted a divorce from his first wife Catherine of Argon but the Catholic church didn't allow him to. The people who follow that church are called Protestants.
The church of England wouldn't have been built and people might not be allowed to have divorces. -
Nov 15, 1543
Vesalius
During the late 1400's and early 1500's, the great artist Leonardo da Vinci made hundreds of drawings of the human body. He paid careful attention to detail and proportion. Leonardo based his work on dissections of human corpses. The first scientific textbook on human anatomy was published in 1543. This work, titled On the Structure of the Human Body, was written by Andreas Vesalius, an anatomist born in what is now Belgium. Like Leonardo, Vesalius based his work on dissections he had made of hu -
Nov 15, 1543
The order of the planets
About the same time, the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus accurately described Earth's place in the solar system. Most astronomers had believed that Earth was the center of the universe and did not move. The sun, the moon, and all the other planets supposedly revolved around Earth. In his book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1543), Copernicus explained that Earth rotates on its own axis, the moon revolves around Earth, and Earth and all the other planets orbit the sun.
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Nov 15, 1546
Geology by Georguis Agricola
The German physician Georgius Agricola made major contributions to geology in the 1500's. He wrote works on minerals, mining, and metallurgy (the science of metals). His books included De natura fossilium (1546) and De re metallica (1556). -
Shakesphere
(1564-1616), was an English playwright, poet, and actor. Many people regard him as the world’s greatest dramatist and the finest poet England has ever produced.
Shakespeare wrote at least 38 plays, two major narrative poems, a sequence of sonnets, and several short poems. His works have been translated into a remarkable number of languages, and his plays are performed throughout the world. His plays have been a vital part of the theater in the Western world since they were written about 400 yea -
Galileo Galilei
Later in 1610, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, named Galileo his chief mathematician and philosopher. The position brought Galileo back to Florence. It also ended his teaching responsibilities, enabling Galileo to devote himself to research. Continuing his studies of the heavens, Galileo made observations of sunspots, Saturn, and Venus. He noted that, much like the moon, Venus progresses through phases. This fact confirmed his doubts about Ptolemaic astronomy. It deepened his convic -
Taj Mahal by Shah Jahan
There was perspective in the design and use of water. One of the 7 wonders.
Many tourists come to see it because it has many angles and ways to look at it and a perspective design. -
Isaac Newton
Created the law of gravity.
Newton discovered how the universe is held together through his theory of gravitation. He discovered the secrets of light and color. He invented a branch of mathematics, calculus, also invented independently by Gottfried Leibniz, a German mathematician, Calculus. Newton made these three discoveries within 18 months from 1665 to 1667.
The theories of motion and gravitation. Newton said the concept of a universal force came to him while he was alone in the country. H
