Renaissance

Question 1

Impacts in medicine in the renaissance

Answer 1

Andreas Vesalius began to investigate anatomy, They carried out dissections to learn more. Vesalius wrote On the Fabric of the Human Body, which was full of correct information and had 270 accurate drawings of the human bones, muscles, veins and organs. Which lead to other doctors making other important discoveries

Question 2

Name of Andreas Vesalius book

Answer 2

On the Fabric of the Human Body,

Question 3

Changes in science during the renaissance

Answer 3

biggest change took place in the field of astronomy, the study of the stars. Nicolaus Copernicus, wrote a book called On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, in which he declared that the Earth rotates around the sun. He based this conclusion on his study of the orbital patterns of the moon, sun and planets in the solar system.

Question 4

Name Nicolaus Copernicus book

Answer 4

On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres,

Question 5

Name important people for medicine and science in the renaissance

Answer 5

Andreas Vesalius -medicine
Nicolaus Copernicus-science

Question 6

How did art change in the renaissance (2ways)

Answer 6

Subjects for paintings were much more varied: ancient Greek and Roman mythology, portraits of people, landscapes, everyday life as well as religious images

Renaissance artists used perspective to create depth and distance in a painting.

Question 7

Impact of art in the renaissance

Answer 7

They developed a technique called sfumato, meaning ‘smoky’. It involved blurring or smudging lines and colours to soften textures and create a ‘smoky’ effect. For example Leonardo da Vinci made use of the sfumato technique to make the skin appear soft. On the Mona Lisa