NATS 1750 Lecture 5: Lecture 5
2 Apr 2016
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Technologies of the court / printing and patronage. How people move from their status, what kind of resources they use. Two great figures, da vinci is seen as renaissance man". (cid:1) (cid:1) Leonardo dominates in his interests, and has vast abilities. How leo over comes status of his own birth through patronage. (cid:1) (cid:1) Galileo, mathematician in pisa , low social status. Becomes a philosopher from mathematician. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Leonardo da vinci (1452-1519): born in tuscan village called vinci, in: he is the illegitimate son of a local notary and a farm girl. That status will stand against him his whole life, it"s a stigma and questions his social status, most of his life he fights against that stigma. Father leaves his family to marry a richer women, before he leo he shows this great skill in painting then sends him to a famous florence painter; he is famous because he designs the copper dome.
