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Major Achievements

during the Renaissance

Arts

1.Arts

  • Leonardo Da Vinci was a famous painter, the painting “Mono Lisa” was his most celebrated work.
  • The painting styles of Leonardo Da Vinci: “The unfathomable ocean depth”

Painting of Leonardo Da Vinci

Mona Lisa

2. Architecture

  • Architects created the new building styles of towering circular column and the domed roof.
  • The harmony between the universe and the human spirit is expressed through the classical columnar structures and geometric forms.

The ceiling of the Sistine

byMichelangelo

Florence Cathedral (Duomo)

The Literature

1. Poem

  • Dante’s “Divine Comedy” was considered the pre-eminent work during the Renaissance.
  • The “Divine Comedy” is composed of three canticas, i.e., Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise).

  • For relevant information about Dante’s life and the content of the “Divine Comedy”, please browse the webpage:

http://bookstrg.com/ReadStory.asp?Code=RK_SJFTG1095

2. Theatrical play

  • The playwright William Shakespeare was a leading figure during the Renaissance whose notable works included “Romeo and Juliet”.
  • For details on the content of “Romeo and Juliet”, please browse the webpage:http://bookstrg.com/ReadStory.asp?Code=RK_SJFTG1098

The Sciences

1. Astronomy

  • In ancient times people believed that the Earth was the centre of the universe,that the Sun and the stars revolve around the Earth.
  • But Nicolaus Copernicus pointed out that the Sun was in fact the centre of the universe, with the Earth and other star all revolving around the Sun.
  • Copernicus further positioned the relationship between the revolving speed of the stars and the Sun.

Nicolaus

Copernicus

2. Medicine

  • “De Humani Corporis Fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body)” authored by Andreas Vesalius
  • This influential book used a large number of illustration drawings of the human body to explain its structures;
  • A female body was dissected for the first time, overturning previous misconceptions about the female body.
  • This book made anatomy an indispensable part of Western medicine.

Graphic illustrations in the pages

of “De Humani Corporis Fabrica”

時間:公元十四至十七世紀

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