Sunday, 23 January 2011

Renaissance


Introduction:
                                                             speed facts about Renaissance
If the video doesn't work click on the link :

NEW THEORIES from this period



  • Man defined as the centre of the world –this idea converted into a system for measurement and representation of space




  • Knowledge in geometry, astronomy, physics, anatomy andgeographywere widely practiced



  • New concept of spatial relationships with the use of perspective (introduced about 1425)




  • Pythagoras's theory -musical intervals in harmony were exactly proportionalto numbers in physical dimensions



  • Music and architecture were mathematically related



  • Building dimensions representative of laws of nature and of God. A perfectly proportioned building -a reflection of God in man.




    • First i want to know about the difference between a building built during the renaissance period and the gothic period.

    Renaissance architecture:
    The arches used what is called a "key stone." The key stone was always placed at the top of arches and was larger than the other stones in the arches. Arches were rounded at the top. Buildings were always symmetrical. In the renaissance architects used the three styles of columns they borrowed from the Greeks -Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.

    Gothic architecture:
    The Gothic arches have a distinct peak at the top of the arch. The design of buildings was asymmetrical. Often the number of spires that were often used in Gothic building was different on one side of an entrance than on the other.


    Reflection
    So, today i am supposed to talk about the renaissance period.

    During the renaissance period, there were many notable men that has been made famous for their own contributions and ideas during that period. However, today i want to talk more about Leonardo da Vinci . Period. I like him not because he is so famous this and that but i really respect this guy . If given the chance i would love to meet him in person cause he is just so so creative. I really wonder how did that guy think? How did his brain work so well that he came up so many different yet wonderful things?

    An introduction to Da vinci works.


    This is an animation of his notebook drawings. Of how he viewed the world and  his ideas.
    If this video doesn't work click on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEQtG1JW-7U


    People say that in your life you can only have one carer, the most two but duing his life he was a  polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and a writer. That's 14 different links .Wow.

    AND he managed all that even though he was barred from education,learning greek and latin which was the common language in books during that time.

    What i liked about him was that he dared to be different. Impossible ideas seemed to be I am Possible ideas for him. What were the usual normal routine he changed it,improved it and made it different. ( like how he used oils instead of water for paint) However i find that the society that he lived in that time was very complicated. In fact the city was infamous for its homosexual culture but it was ILLEGAL. kinda odd but it does reflect some issues that some countries are facing) Dealth was the penalty. I wonder if he lived now, what ideas would he have come up with what creative discovery would he make considering that during his time, he was well ahead of the 'world'. The world had to catch up with him and its astonishing that his ideas during that time (had he had the capacity and support) they were viable. Meaning that they were ideas that actually worked.

    I can't remember when but i went to Science center a 2-3 years back and there was an exhibition ,something like the showcase of what Da vinci did. However, no pictures were allowed for taking so i managed to find a video that showed what were some of the things i saw in that showcase.

    This is a video that shows the concept of Da vinci's suba diving suit. He envisioned man to walk underwater and i think that if this was made during that time it would have been another war tactic that would have shocked enemies.


    Even though Da vinci was a well known painter, he left a large number of work about the human body. I saw some of the copies of the sketches. They were very detailed and his ideas were accompanied by vast amounts of sketches. Even though he was condammed, he still took great pride in his work. If it was me, I would have never ever think of doing this. The smell of a my dog's shit is enough to deter me off much less the smell of a decaying corpse. To me, it demonstrates how far he would go to obtain the information he wanted. I cannot imagine myself prodding a dead body with a dim light. I would start thinking about ghosts for sure! I wonder why he wasn't scared about that. Perhaps his need for answers drove his fears away.
    I find that his assistant would have been a poor fellow as he had to accompany his teacher!

    This video is about the parachute that he is in his sketches.
    To think that even if there is a hole in the middle of the parachute, it still works!

    This is a video that i saw during the showcase, it shows soldiers doing his idea of a war machine which is a something similar to today's tank.

    These are some of ideas he had. I would think that there may be more but we may never know cause he was so secretive!
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