Engineering in

Renaissance Era and

Industrial Revolution
COMPARISON OF MEDIEVAL AND
RENAISSANCE ERA
Summary:
1.The Middle Ages was a period from the 5th to 16th centuries. The Renaissance was the period
between the 14th and the 16th centuries.
2.The printing press was used in the Renaissance Age whereas parchment was used in the Middle
Ages.
3.The Renaissance Age portrayed humanism in art while Gothic art was prevalent in the Middle
Ages.
4.Local English language was used in the literature of the Renaissance Age whereas Greek and
Latin were used in the Middle Ages.
5.The Church had a greater role in peoples’ lives in the Middle Ages than in the Renaissance Age.

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BACKGROUND ABOUT
RENAISSANCE ERA
• spanned from the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy and
later spread to the rest of Europe.
• great advances occurred in geography, astronomy, chemistry, physics,
mathematics, manufacturing, and engineering.
• 2 phase model of early modern science:
- Scientific Renaissance during the 15th to 16th centuries
- Scientific Revolution of the 17th century
TRIVIA
• The term ENGINEERING is
derived from the Latin
ingenium, meaning
“cleverness” and ingeniare,
meaning “to contrive, devise”.
ENGINEERING IN RENAISSANCE ERA
ENGINEERING IN RENAISSANCE ERA
• developed techniques for constructing
astounding buildings, including cathedrals and
castles.
ENGINEERING IN RENAISSANCE ERA
• improved the designs of ships, making European
exploration of the rest of the world possible.
ENGINEERING IN RENAISSANCE ERA
• development of the printing press and associated
type technology, as well as the development of
linear perspective and engineering drawing
techniques, enabled literacy and communication
of information.
BUILDINGS
BUILDINGS
• significant advances was the construction of cathedrals, castles, and
other large structures.
• 1350 until 1750 – focused on the construction of domed church as a
symbol not only religious belief but also a national and urban pride.
 BUILDINGS: 2 types of cathedral style
• Romanesque buildings - are characterized
by thick walls, round arches, and large the cathedral of Notre Dame
de Paris
towers. (10th – 11th centuries) (Gothic Buildings)

• Gothic buildings - are characterized by

thinner walls with large windows, pointed
arches, and flying buttresses. (12th – 16th
centuries)
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
(Romanesque Buildings)
 Flying
Buttresses
 The Church of the Holy
Sepulchre, Jerusalem
(Romanesque Buildings)

Trier Cathedral, Germany

(Romanesque Buildings)
Basilica of Notre-Dame de l'Épine
(Gothic Buildings)

Tower of Salisbury Cathedral

(Gothic Buildings)
SHIPS
SHIPS
• Prince Henry the Navigator (Portuguese) – promoted a national
interest in shipbuilding and navigation.
• The two types of sailing vessels that had the largest impact on this
exploration were the caravel and the carrack.
SHIPS: 2 Types of Sailing vessels
A caravel ship • A caravel is a small,
highly maneuverable ship
with two or three masts. 
• A carrack is a larger ship
with three or four masts
and square sails; it was
A carrack ship large enough to carry a
significant amount of
cargo and to be stable on
long ocean voyages.
SHIPS

GALLEONS
Upgrades:
- Streamlined hulls side
- Mounted cannons
EVOLUTION
in SHIPS
MOVEABLE-TYPE
MOVEABLE-TYPE PRINTING
• Johannes Gutenberg began printing
with individually cast metal letters;
each letter was on the surface of a
block.
MOVEABLE-TYPE PRINTING
• He cast these letters using type
metal, an alloy of lead, tin, and
antimony. It has long been
thought that letter blocks were
formed using dies (molds) of
soft metal, so that in all blocks
of a given letter, the letter form
would be identical.
PERSPECTIVE AND TECHNICAL DRAWING
PERSPECTIVE AND TECHNICAL
DRAWING
• One of the primary engineering
advances of the Renaissance was the
development of linear perspective and
the invention of several methods of
technical drawing, including cutaway
drawings, exploded drawings, and
rotated views.
PERSPECTIVE AND TECHNICAL
DRAWING
• Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446)
- a prominent artist, architect and engineer of the
Renaissance;
- he designed and supervised the construction of the
dome of the Cathedral of Florence.
PERSPECTIVE AND TECHNICAL
DRAWING
• Mariano di Iacopo (1382–about 1458),
known as Taccola (the crow)
- He invented primitive forms of the
cutaway and exploded views.

Exploded View

Cutaway View
PERSPECTIVE AND TECHNICAL
DRAWING
• Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
- He used drawing and text
together to perform thought
experiments in many areas of
engineering and science.
- Developed the form of an
engineering or scientific
notebook used to support
engineering designs.
PERSPECTIVE AND TECHNICAL
DRAWING
• Johannes Gutenberg
- the superb innovator in the
making of small devices,
paying particular attention
to the integration of a
multicomponent system.
PERSPECTIVE AND TECHNICAL
DRAWING
• Henry the Navigator
- The visionary of a grand scheme of
global proportions, sustaining an
unwavering commitment over
extended periods of time.
PERSPECTIVE AND TECHNICAL
DRAWING
• Nicolaus Copernicus
- A contributor during the Scientific
Revolution.
- He contributed the notion of rational
thought.
PERSPECTIVE AND TECHNICAL
DRAWING
• Galileo Galilei
- The seminal practitioner that
approaches the study and
development of devices.