CULTURAL CHANGES
beginning of the Early Modern Age
Humanist philosophy
Scientific advances and the spread of new ideas
significant developments
thinking
science
printing press
extremely important invention 
Ideas spread rapidly
humanism
Prosperity resulted in transformations
ways of thinking
new intellectual movement
emerged in Italy
spread throughout Europe
characteristics
Anthropocentrism
Optimism and creativity
desire for knowledge
Critical thinking
renewed interest in classical culture
use of vernacular languages
Classical Greek and Roman
point of reference for
culture
philosophy
intellectual activity
artistic activity
human beings
centre of
continued to be Christians
philosophical reflection
artistic creation
abandoned theocentrism
tried to explain reality without religion
religious beliefs that caused fear
replaced by
belief in a better life in this world
Creativity
oriented towards obtaining better techniques
resulted in numerous inventions
didn't limit their knowledge to one special area
wanted to learn about
humanists possessed a great intellectual curiosity
everything
be Renaissance Man
questioned all this previous knowledge
tried to explain natural phenomena
knowledge was based on tradition
great scholars
sacred texts
Extensive studies
Practical demonstrations
Individual reflection
reason
research
experimentation
started to write their works in
was the case of the
most books were written in Latin
languages spoken in their countries
Petrarch
Boccaccio
Italians Dante
more people had access to culture and new knowledge
16th century
He also made discoveries
great advance in
technology
scientific knowledge in general
Copernicus proposed a revolutionary theory
the Earth revolved around the Sun
commonly believed at this time
heliocentric hypothesis
not vice versa
about the human body
thanks to
anatomical studies of the physician Andreas Vesalius
other humanists
new ideas spread rapidly due to two factors
invention of the movable-type printing press by Gutenberg
creation of cultural institutions
first book printed on his invention in 1455
new ideas reached more people through books
enabled a large number of books to be printed
a bible
following the example of
were founded
Ancient Greeks
Romans
science
and arts academies
most important ones were in
Florence
Rome
Naples
new humanist philosophy
spread from many universities
Bologna
Padua
Rome