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Leonardo April 15th 1452- May 2nd 1519 (67 years old) |
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- Was not the best of friends with Michelangelo.
- Took about ten years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
- Was a vegetarian.
- He left most of his work unfinished and destroyed most of it.
- Dug into graves to study human anatomy.
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Michelangelo March 6th 1475-February 18th 1564(89) |
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- Did not lay down while painting the dome.
- Painted to capture humanist perspective on biblical themes.
- Painted with a lot of dark colors
- Secretly dissected corpse.
- Considered himself an sculptor not a painter.
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Galileo February 15th 1564- January 8th 1642 (77) |
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- Invented a telescope with 32x magnification.
- Eventually became blind later in his life.
- Had a degree in mathematics from the University of Pisa
- Was a college professor.
- Discovered that the moon has mountains and craters.
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Blaise Pascal June 19th 1623-August 19th 1662 (39) |
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- Invented the first adding machine.
- Was a great writer in christian literature.
- Never really had a formal education but was taught at home by his father.
- Died from a brain lesion.
- Met his wife in a bar.
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Newton January 4th 1643-March 31st 1727 |
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- Was a late renaissance man.
- Almost was a farmer instead of a scientist.
- Did not belive in satan or the holy trinity.
- How ever he was obsessed with the bible.
- During his time in parliament he said just one sentence.
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