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Although science was not developing rapidly, new-found wealth in the early fourteenth century drove the development of art, and many of the most successful artists were by necessity required to deploy mechanics in new and ingenious ways. Among these were Giotto di Bondone, Filippo Brunelleschi, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, as painting, sculpture, clock towers, and domes led the way toward the coming scientific renaissance.
Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475–1564)
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Allen, D.H. (2014). The Artistic Renaissance. In: How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01701-3_5
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