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CULTURAL CHANGES - Coggle Diagram
CULTURAL CHANGES
At the beginning of the Early Modern Age
There were important developments in
Thinking
Science
The printing press was invented
Thanks to that, ideas were spread rapidly
Humanist philosophy
Humanism
Characteristics
Optimism and creativity
Before they did things because they were afraid of religious beliefs
They started doing things because they believed in a better life
The desire for knowledge
They wanted to learn about many different things
Anthropocentrism
Human beings became the centre
Reality was explained without religion
Critical thinking
They started explaining natura phenomena through
Research
Experimentation
Reason
A renewed interest in classical culture
Intellectual and artistic activity was based in classical Greek and Roman culture
The use of vernacular languages
They started to write books in the language that was spoken in their country
A new intellectual movement which emerged in Italy and spread throughout Europe
Scientific advances and the spread of new ideas
Great advance in technology and scientific knowledge
Copernicus
Proposed the heliocentric hypothesis (the Earth revolved around the Sun)
Made discoveries about the human body thanks to the anatomical studies of Andreas Vesalius
The ideas spread rapidly due to:
The invention of the movable-type printing press
It was invented by Gutenberg
Thanks to this many books could be printed
The first book (a bible) was printed in 1455
The creation of cultural institutions
Science and arts academies were founded
The most important ones were in:
Florence
Rome
Naples
New humanist philosophy was taught in universities
