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Scientific Revolution ✔Correct Answer-advances in the knowledge of how nature works, included
new discoveries and solved ancient problems, moved knowledge from uncertainty to uncertainty,
came in the fields of physics, astronomy, and medicine
alchemy ✔Correct Answer-the belief that matter could be understood and transformed by mixing
substances and using secret formulas, a famous alchemist was Paracelsus, who said that metals as
well as plants might have medicinal properties
Vesalius ✔Correct Answer-influenced anatomy and astronomy, wrote The Structure of the Human
Body, member of the Padua faculty, pointed out errors in the work of Galen, he used dessections to
produce anatomical descriptions that opened a new era of careful observation and experimentation
in the study of bodies, influenced anatomy to move to a new level
Copernicus ✔Correct Answer-wrote On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, said that the
calculations of planetary movements of Ptolemy were way too complex but Copernicus's were also
complex, he believed in the heliocentric theory, which said the sun is the center of the universe,
Polish, successors found his calculations to be indespensable, ideas became a part of inellectual
discussion, influenced the creation of the Gregorian calendar, the scholarly community argued over
the certainty of Copernicus's ideas
Tycho Brahe ✔Correct Answer-the leading astronomer of the era, produced the most remarkable
observations of the heavens before the invention of the telescope by plotting the path of the moon
and planets every night for decades, came up with an uneasy theory that was a compromise
between the Ptolemaic and Copernican systems
Kepler ✔Correct Answer-German, made major advances in the work of Copernicus and helped
resolve the uncertainties in astronomy, believed that only the language of math could describe the
movements of the heavens, famous astrologer, thought Copernicus was right, wanted to confirm the
heliocentric theory right, discovered the three laws of planetary motion, opened a new era in
astronomy, proved that orbits of the planets are ellipses and that there is a regularity based on their
distance from the sun which determines the movements of all planets
Galileo ✔Correct Answer-Italian, first to perceive the connection between planetary motion and
motion on the earth, came up with the theory of inertia, was 1st to infer that Jupiter has satellites
and moons, taught the heliocentric theory, which caused trouble with the church, they told him to
quit teaching this and in fear of excommunication, he renounced beliefs, invented the telescope, was
one of the first to approach his work in the same way as modern scientists, wrote Dialogue on the
Two Great World Systems, advocated experience, reason, and doubt, did not let common sense and
theological teachings get in the way
Pope Gregory XIII ✔Correct Answer-decided to reform the calendar in 1582, creating the Greorian
calendar
William Harvey ✔Correct Answer-English doctor, revolutionized the understanding of the human
body when he ientified the function of the heart and proved that the blood circulates
,Newton ✔Correct Answer-contributed to math, physics, and astronomy, he combined these three
to explain motion, developed calculus and the basic laws of modern physics, which govern the
motion of the moon and the planets, wrote Principia, which said that math and experiments prove
science and give it certainty, active participation in meetings of the Royal Society of London, provided
the expanation of the movement of objects in space, said that the world was stable and orderly, first
scientist to receive a knighthood in England
epistemology ✔Correct Answer-a new theory of how to obtain and verify knowledge
Bacon ✔Correct Answer-inspired scientists with what they could contribute to society, said that
science is the savior of humans, greatest of science's propagandists, wrote the New Atlantis, which
held his view of an ideal society, believed in induction
induction ✔Correct Answer-starting with observation, the logical process by which one moves to
general principles, advocated by Bacon
Descartes ✔Correct Answer-French, made first attempt to apply the new methods of science to
theories of knowledge, said that people can be deceived by their senses, so one should apply all
knowledge to the princple of doubt, refusal to accept an authority without verification, came up with
"I think therefore I am." showed the difference between faith and reality and the difference between
science and fate and perception, theoretical instead of experimental, found difference between mass
and weight, used deduction, wrote the Discourses
deduction ✔Correct Answer-knowing a fact with certainty, therefore you can deduce another fact,
gaining facts from facts, advocated by Descartes
Pascal ✔Correct Answer-said that faith was more important than science, truths found in science
are limited, wrote the Pensees, anxious about the growing influence of science
Royal Society ✔Correct Answer-formed by Robert Boyle and eleven others in 1660, acted as a
more permanent and systematic organization of scientific activity, granted a charter by Charles II,
served as a headquarters and clearing center for research, began publishing Philosophical
Transactions
Mannerism ✔Correct Answer-attempt to escape reality, echoed by painters called Mannerists, El
Greco was a huge mannerist, who cultivated artificial and esoteric images of the world
El Greco ✔Correct Answer-Greek, compelling, mystic,created an otherworldly alternative to the
troubles of his time, cool colors, eerie lighting, elongated and agonized humans, used perspective, a
skeptic
Montaigne ✔Correct Answer-French, obsessed with death, directly adressed issues he struggled
with and created the essay thru this, inspired the search for self knowledge, at first he was skeptical
about finding self knowledge but realized that he could
Neostoicism ✔Correct Answer-inspired by the ancients Stoics' emphasis on self-knowledge and a
calm acceptance of the world, Justus Lipsius argued that public leaders should be guided by
profound self-examination, restrainment and self-discipline
Cervantes ✔Correct Answer-wrote Don Quixote, which is about windmills that he thinks are giants
so he fights them, shows social satire, captures the disillusionment that accompanied the political
, and economic decline of Europe's most powerful state, ridiculing the excessive chivalry of Spanish
nobility
Shakespeare ✔Correct Answer-used both good and bad imagery, he made timeless statements
about human behavior, used love, hatred, violence, sin, stability, instability, patriotism, showed all
sides of man, uses humans to glaze over problems, wrote tragedies and how humans feal with
change, conveyed the tensions of the time
Baroque ✔Correct Answer-grew as a result of sense and assurance of settlement after 1600,
different from mannerism because people wanted to forget it and it was uneasy, had more grandeur,
passion, drama, and mystery, closely associated with the Counter-Reformation's emphasis on
gorgeous display in Catholic ritual, grandeur, theatricality, ornateness
Caravaggio ✔Correct Answer-created emotional moments in contrast of light and dark, he upset
people because he hung with poor people and used them as Biblical models
Rubens ✔Correct Answer-painted the rulers and gradeur of the Catholics, painted alot of brilliant
Hapsburg court people, focused on glorification of rulers and cermony and mystery of Catholocism,
stressed the power of faith
Velazquez ✔Correct Answer-portraiter, greatest court painter, Spanish, hinted at the weakness of
the monarchs
Bernini ✔Correct Answer-sculpter and architect, used the reformation theme for his works, he did
the St. Peter's basilica in Rome, very dramatic=religious, sensual, overpowering, did a St. Theresa
sculpture, epitome of the excitement and confidence of the Baroque
Montiverdi ✔Correct Answer-created opera and orchestra, wrote an opera named Orfeo
Classicism ✔Correct Answer-the attempt to recapture aesthetic values and strict forms, favored
ancients Greece and Rome. had grandiose affects, it was like Humanism but bigger and with
structure and pattern, appeared in drama and rose in stability
Poussin ✔Correct Answer-imitated classic antiquity but was more subdued, monumentous but
subdued, created serene atmospheres
Rembrandt ✔Correct Answer-Dutch painter, more intimate, calm and seren because the Dutch
were Protestant, so personal faith was expressed instead of full religiousness, also they were
republican so they had no courtd or patrons of the arts, calmness and restraint, made portaits of
himself that changed over time, exploration of spirit
charivari ✔Correct Answer-means "the world turned upside down", it was a special procession or
holiday that celebrated good times, lamented misfortunes, complaints of opression, and poked fun
at scandolous behavior, this was all because Europeans began to believe in some greater force that
was controlling their lives, so they were appeasing the force through these processions
Witch Craze ✔Correct Answer-people believed that everything was willed by some force, so when
something bad happened they had to have a scapegoat, it was old widowed women because they
were weaker and couldn't defend themselves against the devil, also they were outsiders, the Jews
were also targeted. It stopped because the political leaders realized that it hurt them when they