1. The Renaissance
... work is David, and is a representation of his passion of the human figure, not of its idealist beauty like some of his other works. Galileo Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy in 1564. By profession he was a physicist and an astronomer. His most significant achievement was the development of the ... involving motion. Although he was forbidden to publish any new works, he managed to smuggle a book out to Holland and get it published. Galileo, like Michelangelo and Leonardo, had a strong spirit of inquiry, and dared to challenge traditional thought. Conclusion Almost all of the well known arti...
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