History of Science 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Girolamo Fracastoro, Neurosyphilis, Indulgence

• School: Western University
• Department: History of Science
• Course: History of Science 2220
• Professor: Dorotea Gucciardo

Document Summary

Artists discovered new ways of painting the human body: realism. Names in art: botticelli, michelangelo, da vinci, and rafael. Upwardly moving middle class, largely due to printing press; unprecedented spread of ideas. Around europe, leaders turn to italy and continuous warfare takes place. Decadence and corruption in catholic church in 16th century. Martin luther protests indulgences protestant reformation begins. Decades of religious war follow, ending in 1648. Buildings are grander, and temples spread across europe. In science, people no longer accept church teachings at face value. Protestant reformation and exceptionally so, the plague sparks a desire to study the natural world. Complex social, political, and economic transformations across europe. Exploration: beginning with columbus in 15th century. New navigational technologies allow explorers to travel farther. Revival of medicine attributed to the plague. People were so used to seeing death, there was a desire to rediscover the beauty of the human body. Artists were linked with the reform of anatomy.