The document summarizes the advancements in science and technology during the Renaissance period from 1300 to 1550 AD in Western Europe. Key developments included the invention of the printing press which allowed mass publication of books and spread of ideas, improvements in fields like astronomy with Copernicus' theory of a sun-centered solar system, advancements in anatomy from dissections, and innovations in areas such as mining, firearms, and parachutes. The widespread availability of knowledge through printing supported greater literacy and an overall rebirth of learning.

1. The Advance of Science and
Technology during the
Renaissance
(AD 1300-A.D 1550 in the Western
World)
Prepared by: Elsie Joy Licarte-Misoles, LPT
Lesson 7

2. Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:
1. Describe the development of Science and
technology during Renaissance period;
2. Explicate and recognize the significance of the
technology invented during the Renaissance
period;
3. Recognize and appreciate the works of the
different proponents of the Renaissance period.

3. RENAISSANCE

4. Renaissance was a time of creativity and change in
Europe.
- It was a rebirth of cultural and intellectual pursuits
after the stagnation of the Middle Ages.
- The Renaissance produced a golden age with many
achievements in art, literature, and science, but most
importantly, it produced a new concept of how people
thought of themselves, each other, and the world
around them.

5. - The Renaissance was centered in Italy during 1300s,
before spreading throughout Europe in the 1500 and
1600s. Great advances occurred in geography,
astronomy, chemistry, physics, mathematics,
manufacturing, anatomy and engineering.

6. Science and Technology
Development:

7. • Michaelangelo is known as sculptor, painter,
poet, engineer, and architect. His famous
works include the mural on the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel, and the sculpture of the biblical
character David.

8. The most important technological innovation of the
time was the invention of the printing press. This
was introduced from China in the 1300s. By the 1400s,
movable type was being used in Europe as Johann
Gutenberg began printing the Bible in every
language. Soon millions of books were in circulation.
This invention led to higher literacy rate among
people, and helped with the spreading of Renaissance
ideas.

9. Some important Renaissance
technologies include both
innovations and improvements on
existing techniques such as:

10.  mining and metallurgy: blast furnace, finery
forge, slitting mill, arquebus and musket.
 firearms, and the nautical compass – these
inventions allowed modern people to communicate,
exercise power, and finally travel at distances
unimaginable in earlier times.
 Parachute: Veranzio’s 1595 parachute design
titled “Flying Man”
 Dry dock and floating dock

11.  Newspaper is an offspring of the printing press
from which the press derives its name. The 16th
century sees a rising demand for up-to-date
information which cannot be covered effectively by
the circulating hand-written newssheets. For
“gaining time” from the slow copying process,
Johann Carolus of Strassburg is the first to publish
his German-language Relation by using a printing
press (1605).
 Air-gun: an air-gun equipped with a powerful

12.  Alchemy – is the study of the transmutation of
materials through obscure processes. It is sometimes
described as an early form of chemistry. One of the
main aims of alchemists was to find a method of
creating gold from other substances. Medieval
alchemists worked with two main elements, sulphur
and mercury. Paracelsus was an alchemist and
physician of the Renaissance. The Paracelsians
added a third element, salt, to make a trinity of
alchemical elements.

13.  Alstronomy – Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543).
Founded the theory of Heliocentric, that the earth
revolved around the sun. Sun is the center of solar
system. His book De revolutionibus orbium
coelestium (On the Revolutionsof the Celestial
Spheres), was finally published in 1543. A
comparison of his work with the Almagest shows
that Copernicus was in many ways a Renaissance
scientist rather than revolutionary.

14. Medicine – With the Renaissance came an
increase came an increase in experimental
investigation, principally in the field of
dissection and body examination, thus
advancing our knowledge of human anatomy.

15. The development of modern neurology begin in the
16th century with Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), who
described the anatomy of the brain and other organs; In
1543, he published one of the most famous
publications in natural philosophy his anatomical book
De fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body). It was
argurably the most important anatomical texts of the
century, at once criticizing the work of the ancients,
principally Galen, offering new illustrations based on
first-hand observation and fresh dissections.

16.  Few effective drugs existed, beyond opium and
quinine.
 William Harvey provided a refined and complete
description of the circulatory system. The most
useful tomes in medicine, used both by students and
expert physicians, were materiae medicae and
pharmacopoeiae.

17.  Otto Brunfels (1530-1536) published Portraits of
Living Plants, a botanical work that employed
freshly drawn illustrations from living plants,
undermining the practice of copying drawings
from existing accounts.

18. Do you know?

19. Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, an
example of the blend of art and science during
the Renaissance. Leonardo Da Vinci studied
anatomy, famous works include paintings Mona
Lisa and The Last Supper.

20. Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, an
example of the blend of art and science during
the Renaissance. Leonardo Da Vinci studied
anatomy, famous works include paintings Mona
Lisa and The Last Supper.

21. The Printing Press of Gutenberg
15th Century A.D

22. The inventions of mechanical printing
press made possible the dissemination of
knowledge to wider population that led to
a gradually more egalitarian society and
able to dominate other cultures.

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