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    Tycho and Kepler

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    In what ways did Tycho Brahe and Kepler break with the worldview of the Schoolmen? Tycho Brahe had a very distinct need for accuracy. He did not believe that the Heavens were unchanging as established by Aristotle‚ but schoolmen did. Schoolmen believed in scholastics which was a form of Christian philisophy‚ which was vastly popular during Tycho’s time of the 16th century. Part of the schoolmen’s philosophy was that there was a realm outside of Earth called the Heavens. In the Heavens were stars

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    geocentric model and the heliocentric model. The geocentric model is where the Sun and other planets‚ moons and stars revolve around the Earth. The heliocentric model states that the Earth and other planets rotate around the Sun. Scientists such as Johannes Kepler‚ Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton were vital in proving that heliocentrism is true. This includes Galileo studies of the moons of Jupiter‚ Kepler’s Law of Planetary Motion and Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation. Kepler’s 3 laws of planetary

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    Romantic Music

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    in music extended from about 1820 to 1900. Among the most significant musicians were Franz Schubert‚ Robert Schumann‚ Clara Wieck Schumann‚ Frederic Chopin‚ Franz Liszt‚ Felix Mendelssohn‚ Hector Berlioz‚ Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ Antonin Dvorak‚ Johannes Brahms‚ Giuseppe Verdi‚ Giacomo Puccini‚ Richard Wagner and Gustav Mahler. The length of this list – and some important composers have been omitted from it – testifies to the richness and variety of romantic music and to its continuing impact on

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    formulated a helio centric conception which meant that the sun was the center of the universe. and that the planets moved around the sun in an elliptical shape. His theory built the foundation of the new astronomy. Supporting the Copernican theory were Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe. Brahe complied over 20 years of astronomical data which Kepler used. He discovered 3 laws of planetary motion that confirmed and modified the Copernican theory. Next there was Galileo Galilei. He was the first European to

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    the 17th century‚ scientists entwined mechanism and experimentation into the fabric of the times‚ and these balance became the foundations of the Scientific Revolution” (Bowles and Kaplan‚ 2012‚ pg. 1). Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion involved Johannes Kepler. The Royal Society of London had involvement with scientific societies. Universal Gravitation had an impact on Sir Isaac Newton. According to Bowles and Kaplan‚ “the other important point is that though this was the only era generally regarded

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    Motet Development

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    The motet was one of the most important forms of polyphonic music from 1250 to 1750. The Italian mottetto was originally a profane polyphonic species of music‚ the air‚ or melody‚ being in the Tenor clef‚ taking the then acknowledged place of the canto fermo or plainchant‚ theme. It originated in the 13th century resulting from the practice of Pérotin and his contemporaries in Paris. The term "motet" can be translated as "the word of movement". Sometimes two upper voices had different words. In the

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    during the Feminist Movement of the 1970s. Although Genre Painting was “invented” in the 16th Century‚ the category did not fully develop and become popular until the 17th century in the Netherlands. Some examples of Dutch Genre paintings include Johannes Vermeer’s “Woman pouring milk”‚ Pieter de Hooch’s “Courtyard”‚ both pictured below. As you can see‚ these painters used lighting and vivid colors to change normal people and everyday life into something special. Another category of secular art

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    The Evolution of Mathematics of Celestial Motion Through Aristotle’s crystalline spheres‚ the Copernican Revolution‚ and Newton’s understanding of Kepler’s laws of planetary motion; it becomes clear that mathematics was the driving force that guided us through the evolution of celestial motion. One of the first to theorize the motion of both terrestrial and celestial bodies was Aristotle around 330BCE. To this philosopher‚ the universe had always been eternally geocentric. On Earth the concept

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    England and Burgandy

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    England and Burgundy * Renaissance: (French‚ “rebirth”) PERIOD of art‚ cultural‚ and music history between the Middle Ages and the BAROQUE PERIOD‚ marked by HUMANISM‚ a revival of ancient culture and ideas‚ and a new focus on the individual‚ the world‚ and the senses. * Burgundy: * Martin le Franc: * Contenance angloise: (French‚ "English guise") Characteristic quality of early-fifteenth-century English music‚ marked by pervasive CONSONANCE with frequent use of HARMONIC thirds and

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    Debate Essay

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    day. Another person was Nicolas Copernicus. In one of his treatises‚ he presented the heliocentric theory‚ which rested on the revolutionary notion that the Earth orbited the sun. Another person was Rene Descartes who invented deductive reasoning. Johannes Kepler studied the orbits of the planets and sought to discern some grand scheme that defined the structure of the universe according to simple geometry which also helped in the revolution. Now I’m not saying that Galileo wasn’t important to the

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