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Lorenzo was an Italian statesman. He was also a ruler and patron of arts and letters, the most brilliant of the Medici.
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The Bible was printed on the mass-produced movable metal type in Europe. The very first printer.
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After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Columbus ended up on the Bahamian Island. He thought he had reached East Asia.
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Michelangelo sculpted David between 1501-1504 in marble and about 17 feet up in the air. The statue represented biblical hero David.
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The portrait of Mona Lisa is also known as La Gioconda, the wife of Francesco del Gioconda.
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The Prince is a 16th- century political treatise by the Italian diplomat Machiavelli. This book is usually claimed at the modern philosophy. It's about how a ruler can gain and keep power.
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In the 96 theses he condemned the excess and corruption of the Roman Catholic church. This showed that Pope Leo X was scamming people of indulgences.
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The first Jesuits, Ignatius and six of his students took vows of poverty and chastity and made plans to work for the conversion of Muslims.
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This book is about Protestant Systematic Theology. Now Calvin is known as calvinism.
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The subject of this book is Astronomy. It's the seminal work on the heliocentric theory of the Renaissance astronomer Nicolas.
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William Shakespeare examines human flaws while also expressing the renaissance high view of human nature. He is still very important and well known in modern time, a lot of plays and movies are based on his plays.
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The thermometer is made of sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid. The reason for this invention is because, as the density of the liquid changes the proportion of the temperature depends on the change made.
