1. Perspective
Before the Renaissance, artists did not know how to show distant objects on a flat surface.
The ‘USE’ of perspective revolutionized art!!
Using simple geometry, Renaissance artists could for the first time reproduce what their eye actually saw!

2. Renaissance OR Medieval?

7. Inventions and Advancements of the Renaissance
Eyeglasses- 1st painting appeared with subjects wearing glasses – in Italy
Clocks-1300’s
Flushing toilet by Sir John Harrington – built for Queen Elizabeth
Microscope- Invented in Netherlands between
Telescope- Also in Netherlands, Galileo first to view space
Printing Press by Johann Gutenberg
Wallpaper- England in 1496
The Match- England in 1680
Thermometer- Italy 1612
Adding Machine- France 1642

8. Gutenberg’s Printing Press
The printing press is one of the most important inventions of all time.
Prior to Gutenberg’s invention, all texts were copied by hand. Gutenberg's invention led to an advance in learning.

9. How Printing Changed the World
Before printing, documents were suspect to being forged. Eyewitnesses and personal testimony were considered more reliable.
During the Middle Ages, the Church could control nearly all literature…after the printing press religious ideas began to spread, changing the power of the Catholic Church forever!
Printing made documents more authoritative than personal testimony. Hard to fake printed documents.
Before printing, people relied on memory to store facts.
“The red fox climbed over the fence and ran across the field.”
Printing changed the concept of "fact" to "printed fact"; "show me in black and white."