three B’s (meaning Bach‚ Beethoven and Brahms) of classical music‚ is Johannes Brahms. Brahms is perhaps one of the greatest tributes to the Romanic era of music. Brahms’s music complemented the rapid growth of Romantic individualism in the second half of the 19th century. He often styled his works after Haydn‚ Mozart‚ and Beethoven‚ with an added influence from Franz Schubert‚ artists to whom he had a great adoration for. Johannes Brahms was born in the German city of Hamburg. His father was a musician
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Johannes Kepler By Ethan Bui Johannes Kepler was born on December 27‚ 1571 in Germany. He was a mathematician‚ astronomer‚ and astrologer. He was most famous for his eponymous laws of planetary motion. Based on his work on Astronomia nova‚ Harmonicies Mundi‚ and Epitome of Copernican Astronomy it provided a foundation for Issac Newton’s theory of universal gravitation. Early Life Johannes Kepler was born on December 27‚ 1571 which was also the same day as feast day of St. John the
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Hum300GD Johannes Kepler was born the son of a poor mercenary solider in 1571 in Weil der Stadt‚ Wurttemburg in the Holy Roman Empire. He began his education in Wurttemburg through a scholarship program designed to produce teachers and Lutheran pastors. In 1589‚ Kepler entered the theological seminary at the University of Tubingen. It was here that he first learned of Copernican astronomy from Michael Maestlin. The University of Tubingen awarded Kepler his MA in 1591. In 1594 Kepler interrupted
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Johannes Vermeer Vermeer was a realist painter who focused on chiaroscuro and became a master in using this technique. The artist delighted in the technicalities of the camera obscura that had emerged in Dutch markets at this time and was an avid fan of using various lens and glass contraptions to discover new forms of capturing light in various contexts. There is little information about Vermeer’s personal life. He seems to have devoted his time to his work and never left his hometown of Delft
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The Kepler Idea: Circles and Stars Johannes Kepler was one of the most important scientist of the Scientific Revolution in the middle ages. Kepler was a German astronomer and mathematician of the late 1600 ’s and early 1700 ’s. He proved all the planets orbit the sun‚ and not the sun orbiting the earth. Kepler created three laws‚ in which he describes the governing motion of the planets. He was committed passionately to circles. He also became the founder of modern optics. Kepler did not face that
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Does the name Johannes Gutenberg ring a bell? How about the movable type printing press? What about the Arts and Entertainment person of the millennium? Johannes Gutenberg perfected the unarguably incredible movable type printing press. However‚ what can be argued is what was the more important consequence of it. Some say that the Reformation was the greater consequence. However‚ many other have a differing view. Others believe the age of exploration was undoubtedly the bigger consequence of Gutenberg’s
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saved from eternal damnation. Coupled with this financial advantage‚ Gutenberg was a very religious man. He was extremely passionate about spreading the word of God. In fact‚ during the process of creating his press‚ he stated “Through it‚ God will spread His Word. A spring of truth shall flow from it: like a new star it shall scatter the darkness of ignorance‚ and cause a light heretofore unknown to shine amongst men” (Gutenberg). Because of this passion and financial sense‚ he printed the forty-two
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Printing Press? As André Gide once said‚ “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” During the 15th century the printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg. It had a massive effect on the world at the time. One of the most important effects was exploration. The printing press started a revolution because it made it easier to print more maps‚ and explore new routes. Without the printing press‚ Christopher
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Peterfoleycreative. A 3D visual embodiment of the publication ‘The Gutenberg Galaxy: the making of the typography man. Retrieved September 14‚ 2012‚ from: http://peterfoleycreative.com/virtual_worlds.html Grainger‚ Ian (2010). The Evolution of Printing. Retrieved from: http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Evolution-Of-Printing&id=5157339 Harry Ransom Center (n.d.). The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved from: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/educator/modules/gutenberg/books/printing/. Jones International (1994-99). Printing:
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word‚ phrase & pic was on a different block -- new block carved each time § imported block-books and paper from the east § Johannes Gutenberg -first to demonstrate moveable type press § used an alloy: cast well in die; durable in press; could be reused Impact: § at first--used to print religious texts § spread the Bible--ppl had more direct connection with god § Gutenberg printed bible--each bible cost 3 yrs pay for the avg clerk § scientists could share ideas § language standardized - dialect
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