renaissance technology/architecture

Renaissance Technology/Architect

ureBy: Dean Girardo, Nicolette Waldron, RJ Maroon,

Rose Schuchard, Galvin Courtney, Lizzy Cimilluca, Margaret Ribardo, and Adam Baran

Horseless Carriage• Basic System• Used Springs to propel gears• Springs required to be wound up after each use• Wheels moved at different speed when turning,

not present in early automobiles• Steered by small rudder wheels

By: Dean Girardo

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Inventions T A plan of the machine gun

which wasn’t actually built, only planned.

Leonardo Da Vinci thought through a vehicle covered in armor and

A thought to be humanoid robot. It doesn’t look like one but the movement was like a human’s. This invention was only planned and not built

By: Adam Baran

More Inventions

The helicopter was one of da Vinci’s plans but was never actually built, but his notes and sketches showed exactly how it would work.

Da Vinci’s ideas for the parachute were tested and proven successful by a daredevil named Adrian Nichols in the year 2000.

The hang glider was used for man to finally fly. It is made of two wings to keep the pilot in flight and a tail for streering. The hang glider has changed since then, but it is still used today.

Gutenberg Press- Johannes Gutenberg made his first book using the printing press, the bible.

- This helped create a new age for literacy, making creating books cheaper and easier.

- This made idea’s spread faster.- The church lost its control of knowledge.

By: RJ Maroon

• Early 15th and 17th centuries

• Different regions of Europe

• Symmetry, proportion, and geometry all included into architecture

• Developed first in Florence

• Filippo Brunellaschi was one of the first to introduce it in this time era

• Architects based their theories and practices on classical Roman examples

Architecture

Lizzy,Margaret,Nicolette,Rose

Famous ArchitectsFilippo Brunellaschi• The First Renaissance architect• Trained as a goldsmith• Created the Dome Donatello• Studied Roman and Greek sculptures• Made the realistic, free standing figure of Saint George

Margaret,Lizzy,Nicolette,Rose