Renaissance and Galileo

I have always loved the Renaissance era and I'm not really sure why, it has just always been my favorite. I also have a huge weakness for the artwork during that time. So of course my favorite reading this week was that of the Renaissance. It is always interesting to hear the stories told behind certain pieces of art or of architecture. The external links provided this week to Nicholas Pioch's Web Museum was amazing. I have taken several Art History classes but I learned a few new things with this link.

Also, I found the reading on Galileo interesting. I had know idea the man was accused of heresy for saying that the sun was the center of the universe and the earth was not and it in fact moved and not the sun. He was accused because what he was saying "was contrary to Holy Scriptures". The part that really saddened me was that Galileo went against what he wrote in his book and told the Inquisitors he was wrong and would not repeat his mistake. I can understand why he did it though. No one was going to believe him, and there wasn't a way to prove his theory just yet.