The Scientific Revolution
The Scientific Revolution refers to historical change in thought and belief, to change in social and formal organization. This revolution began in Europe roughly between 1500-1700. It started with Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) who stated a heliocentric cosmos, and ended with Isaac Newton (1642-1727) who proposed universal law and a Mechanical Universe. But, some historians have cut this back, claiming that it properly extends only to the publication of Newton's Principia (1687) or to his Opticks (1704) or to Newton's death (1727). More radical statements have suggested that the Scientific Revolution might apply to the Enlightenment “Newtonians”, extending to roughly 1750. Some historians have cut back the earlier …show more content…
The majority of the people were ruled by the belief that the world was under the control of some goddesses. This belief was the only explanation that the people could come up with for the occurrences that did not appear to be logical to them. Hiding behind the mask of religion was a cover of ignorance. In the event that the people could not understand a certain aspect of life, the best explanation was that the gods had been involved in the creation of the situation.
This was a low expectation period where by the people did not hope to understand the development of the society. There was little or no interest in the factors that controlled some of the outcomes that the people experiences. Because of this perspective, the people were always willing to kill the inventors or the scientists who believed that there was a logical explanation to every event. Most often free thinkers or the enlightened ended up dead from their stances on some matters. As usual, the religious people were against the development of scientific explanations of every …show more content…
The laws governing the intensity of light were used by some of the greatest artists in the production of their masterpieces. The principles laid in the law of intensity of light are used currently in the development of better artistic tools. The scientific revolution also led to the development of more people that were willing to enjoy art.
Art ceased from being a hobby to a mainstream career whereby there were many people willing to pay for good production. As result, theaters sprung up in most of the industrial cities. Theater groups were formed and the common village joker became a great performer. Some of the inventions led to the development of better tools of art. There were innovations on the instruments of music such as the harp that gradually led to the development of the piano. Constant improvement on the artistic tools led to the development new ways of performing art.
The audience also dictated the art. People that were more willing to think focused on the issues of the day. Some of the productions questioned the logic of religion. These artistic productions mirrored the developments that were being experienced in the real life. Therefore, scientific revolution affected art by increasing the number of artistic options. It also manifested itself in the art hence scientific revolution influenced artistic content. Explained by Steven Shapin in his book The Scientific Revolution.
The Scientific Revolution refers to historical change in thought and belief, to change in social and formal organization. This revolution began in Europe roughly between 1500-1700. It started with Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) who stated a heliocentric cosmos, and ended with Isaac Newton (1642-1727) who proposed universal law and a Mechanical Universe. But, some historians have cut this back, claiming that it properly extends only to the publication of Newton's Principia (1687) or to his Opticks (1704) or to Newton's death (1727). More radical statements have suggested that the Scientific Revolution might apply to the Enlightenment “Newtonians”, extending to roughly 1750. Some historians have cut back the earlier …show more content…
The majority of the people were ruled by the belief that the world was under the control of some goddesses. This belief was the only explanation that the people could come up with for the occurrences that did not appear to be logical to them. Hiding behind the mask of religion was a cover of ignorance. In the event that the people could not understand a certain aspect of life, the best explanation was that the gods had been involved in the creation of the situation.
This was a low expectation period where by the people did not hope to understand the development of the society. There was little or no interest in the factors that controlled some of the outcomes that the people experiences. Because of this perspective, the people were always willing to kill the inventors or the scientists who believed that there was a logical explanation to every event. Most often free thinkers or the enlightened ended up dead from their stances on some matters. As usual, the religious people were against the development of scientific explanations of every …show more content…
The laws governing the intensity of light were used by some of the greatest artists in the production of their masterpieces. The principles laid in the law of intensity of light are used currently in the development of better artistic tools. The scientific revolution also led to the development of more people that were willing to enjoy art.
Art ceased from being a hobby to a mainstream career whereby there were many people willing to pay for good production. As result, theaters sprung up in most of the industrial cities. Theater groups were formed and the common village joker became a great performer. Some of the inventions led to the development of better tools of art. There were innovations on the instruments of music such as the harp that gradually led to the development of the piano. Constant improvement on the artistic tools led to the development new ways of performing art.
The audience also dictated the art. People that were more willing to think focused on the issues of the day. Some of the productions questioned the logic of religion. These artistic productions mirrored the developments that were being experienced in the real life. Therefore, scientific revolution affected art by increasing the number of artistic options. It also manifested itself in the art hence scientific revolution influenced artistic content. Explained by Steven Shapin in his book The Scientific Revolution.