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andy The Global Web of Ideas
Paper and ink, paper and ink / Shaping the way that we all think.
andy By 1500, millions of circulating books rapidly spread scientific, religious, and humanist ideas.
andy Connect thinkers across borders to discover how the Renaissance web of ideas reshaped Europe.
An outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine matters. In the fourteenth century, Petrarch pioneered this movement by collecting and translating ancient manuscripts.
What precious imported stone was ground up to make the expensive ultramarine blue pigment used in Renaissance paintings?
Which Spanish author wrote Don Quixote, widely considered the first modern novel, during the Spanish Renaissance?
Which Greek-born painter moved to Spain and became famous for his highly expressive, elongated figures and dramatic colors?
Which 13th-century Persian astronomer's mathematical models did Nicolaus Copernicus use to develop his heliocentric theory?
How did the fall of Constantinople in 1453 indirectly benefit European scientific and philosophical progress?
What major trade hub served as the primary gateway for luxury goods, pigments, and scientific ideas entering Renaissance Italy from the East?
Which Dutch humanist scholar wrote In Praise of Folly to critique corruption in the Church while promoting education?