Chapter 15 Review

Another popular English satirist. A master of prose.

From specific cases to a general conclusion.

The leading rococo painter was this Frenchman whose works reflect the frivolous, decadent, and artificial

"The Father of Symphony."

This Englishman rejected the idea that God has implanted certain truths within each person from birth.

One of the leading advocates of the inductive method of reasoning was this English philosopher.

He devised a way to map the earth on a flat surface

A musical genius who learned composed pieces at the age of five. A versatile composer and excelled in many different

Conclusion that the sun is the center of the universe and that the earth and the other planets orbit around it.

He left the Lutheran church and became the leader of the Moravians.

This Polish astronomer questioned Ptolemy's theory of the universe.

Music with one basic melody line and several supporting harmony parts--much like a hymn.

During this time, many individuals refused to acknowledge the authority of scripture and instead exalted their reason

Imitated the classical ideals of ancient Greece and Rome.

Irishman who was the first to publish the law of inverse gas pressure.

man who graduated from Yale at the age of seventeen, he used his considerable talents to further the cause of Christ.

The art of the seventeenth century. The style is grand, dynamic, heroic, active, swirling, sensual, and emotional.

He believed that England was the symbol of political freedom.

This German astronomer, a Lutheran, did not fear the threats of the Roman church. Found that the orbits are elliptical.

A term of ridicule for those who gathered for Bible study.

he traced the history of Rome from the reign of Augustus to its eventual overthrow by barbarian tribes.

Made the first clinical study of disease and established the use of chemicals in treatment of illness.

Perhaps the greatest Dutch painter of all time. His paintings are usually filled with gold tones and warm browns.

A professor at the University of Halle who became a leader in the training of Pietist pastors and missionaries.

The multivolume work the Encyclopedie was edited by him. He wrote several hundred articles himself,

Views the universe as a machine.

One of the leading composers of Italian baroque music. He is especially famous for his operas.

A dynamic evangelist who traveled constantly, preaching the gospel wherever he went.

One of the most famous French writers of the seventeenth century was this playwright. He is best remembered for comedies

This Italian designed beautiful fountains for Roman plazas and the expansive colonnades outside St. Peter's Basilica.