Renaissance+Science


 * Printing Press || Humanism || Perspective ||
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 * This picture is of a book that was made by the printing press. This printing press produced books more rapidly, in large quantities, and with more uniformity than before which you had to produce by hand. It was created by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany in about 1450. He developed a method of casting type that made it possible to produce individual metal letters that could be turned out i unlimited quantities and used over and over again in the printing process. He also created a new type of ink that would adhere to the metal. He simply adapted a type of wine press. He product the 42-lined Bible, the first full book printed with movable type. After centuries the Protestant reformers began translating the Bible into vernacular languages, the common people had access to the scriptures and the opportunity to interpret their meaning for themselves. || This is of a poet Francesco Petrarch helped develop Italian as a literary language. He was known as the "Father of Humanism." He praised the Ancient Romans and going so far as to write poetry in the style of the Roman epics. He frowned upon the works of Middle Ages as did many other humanists. This writing was called the "rebirth" of Ancient Greece and Rome. The people interested in writings of Ancient Greece and Rome were known as humanists. They recovered ancient texts and imitate their style and values. They studied history, poetry, rhetoric, grammar, government, and ethics. They wrote in Ancient Latin but also translated their works into the vernacular, the local language. || This is of a painting created in the Renaissance. There was a new technique called perspective. This new way made objects on a two-dimensional surface look like they were three-dimensional. Artists could draw more realistic than medieval artist. This changes the world of art forever. ||

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