DIVISION FIVE THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Ⅰ. General Introduction Ⅱ. ScienceScience Ⅲ. Philosophy, Politics and Literature in EnglandPhilosophy, Politics and Literature in England Ⅳ. Descartes; French Classicism Ⅴ. Art

Science 1. From Copernicus to KeplerKepler 2. Galileo GalileiGalileo Galilei 3. Sir Isaac NewtonSir Isaac Newton 4. Gottfried Wilhelm von LeibnizGottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz 5. Invention of New Instruments 6. Two Merits Shared by the Great Scientists of the 17 th century

Kepler

Galileo Galilei It was on this page that Galileo first noted an observation of the moons of Jupiter. This observation upset the notion that all celestial bodies must revolve around the Earth. Galileo published a full description in Sidereus Nuncius in March 1610 A replica of the earliest surviving telescope attributed to Galileo Galilei, on display at the Griffith Observatory

Cristiano Banti's 1857 painting Galileo facing the Roman Inquisition Tomb of Galileo Galilei, Santa Croce

Sir Isaac Newton A replica of Newton's 6- inch (150 mm) reflecting telescope of 1672 for the Royal Society. Newton's own copy of his Principia, with hand- written corrections for the second edition.

A reputed descendant of Newton's apple tree, found in the Botanic Gardens in Cambridge. A reputed descendant of Newton's apple tree, found in the Instituto Balseiro library garden.Instituto Balseiro Newton's grave in Westminster Abbey

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

Francis Bacon Memorial to Francis Bacon, in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge

Thomas Hobbes Frontispiece from De Cive (1642) Frontispiece of Leviathan

a. Hobbes’s Materialist Views b. The Natural State of War c. The Laws of Nature d. The Theory of the Social Contrast

John Locke a. Locke’s Materialist Views b. Locke’s Political Philosophy c. The Social Contract

John Milton

Descartes; French Classicism 1. René Descartes 2. French Classicism

René Descartes a. The Method of Cartesian Doubt b. Descartes’s Theory of Knowledge c. Innate Ideas d. Descartes’s Dualism

French Classicism a. Pierre Corneille b. Jean Racine c. Molière

Art 1. Baroque ArtBaroque Art 2. Dutch Protestant Art Van Rijn Rembrandt 3. Art and Architecture in France 4. Music

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini The Ecstasy of St. Theresa

Michelangelo Caravaggio The Cardsharps The Calling of St. Matthew The beam of light, which enters the picture from the direction of a real window, expresses in the blink of an eye the conversion of St Matthew, the hinge on which his destiny will turn, with no flying angels, parting clouds or other artifacts.

Francesco Borromini Façade of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, courtyard and façade.

Peter Paul Rubens The rising of the Cross Queen of France

Landing in Marseillies

Diego Velázquez The Maids of Honor (1656)

Van Rijn Rembrandt The Polish Rider - A Lisowczyk on horseback. The subject of much discussion. It is possible that the person depicted was Grand Chancellor of Lithuania, Marcjan Aleksander Ogiński ( ) LisowczykGrand Chancellor of LithuaniaMarcjan Aleksander Ogiński

Building of Samson