NATS 1775 : Renoissance Nats 1775.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1775
• Professor: Vera Pavri

Document Summary

Technology in the renaissance and early modern period(before the renaissance science was inferior): science and technology in the renaissance. Many texts recovered after fall of constantinople to turkish army in 1453; transferred to italy and retranslated. Catholic church challenged with protestant reformation; increased role of patronage and royal courts. Also engineers are making a name for themselves. Rich people become sponsors to the engineers. another important development was creation of linear (geometrical) perspective: three dimensional images onto two dimensional canvas is new method of drawing and painting images. Engineers knowing or linking themselves to royal families. Status or wealth of involved in image drawing. A connection with technology- enhances technical drawings as a whole. Increase use of instruments in scientific practice and experimentation. Slow growing connection between natural philosophy and tech. While royal courts all over europe (i. e. france, spain, england) supported and sponsored many technological enterprises, nowhere was this more evident than in italy.