Lecture 8: The World Redefined Flashcards
When was the printing press refined in Europe and who did it?
1450 in Germany
Where was the printing press originally created?
China
What effect did the printing press have on knowledge and humanism?
It helped increase education and literacy as well as spread humanist thought
True or false: Renaissance scholars and universities adopted a conservative attitude to science
False, they adopted critical attitudes and experimentation
Who is a popular Italian figure of Renaissance anatomy and medicine?
Andreas Vesalius
How did doctors/physicians learn more about the human body?
by performing illegal dissections
Who helped spread the concept of heliocentrism?
Copernicus
What is heliocentrism?
The idea that the sun is at the center of our solar system and that other planets revolve around it
The understanding of geometry, perspective, anatomy, and humanism led to what effect in. Renaissance art?
Naturalism
How was the artist seen in humanist thought
More respected and seen as a genius or celebrity
True or false: classical knowledge was pushed to/beyond its limits by humanist thought
True
True or False: advances in anatomy and math as well as an interest in the natural world kept Renaissance art stagnant
False
