When the Italian Renaissance occurred, this marked the beginning of the rebirth of a society long gone. Those alive during this magnificent Renaissance began to adopt the ideas, philosophies and beliefs that once belonged to the Greeks and Romans. These Greco-Roman methods of believing and living h...
His paintings would have alone given him enormous fame with all the nobles in the area, not to mention all his sculpting, architectural works, and his scientifical contributions. ... Among the most significant scientific achievements was his portrayal of the anatomical potitions and parts. ... He even was even determined to write many theories and place them into numerous scientific books, but unfortunately all he got done at this time were a foe sketches and illustrations. This is all that has been found for those seventeen years in Malan, in terms of scientific theories. ... Lat...
The renaissance was a time of improvement where society wanted to move beyond the accomplishments of the past. The people of the time looked at the magnificent works of the Romans. Works that went unsurpassed for centuries included the Roman aqueducts, the intricately designed roads and fortifications that were kept intact for hundreds of years, and the colossal domes that could not be replicated. Understanding of these accomplishments could only be reached by looking back and studying the works of antiquity. The great dome designed by Brunelleschi in Florence is an example of this desire t...
