The Renaissance

Thomas More (7 February or 1478 - 6 July 1535) was a leading English renaissance humanist.

His most well-known and controversial book was Utopia, which he wrote and published in 1516.In this books he describes a state called "Utopia". In this state, with communal ownership of land, private property does not exist, men and women are educated alike, and there is almost complete religious toleration. Some take the novel's principal message to be the social need for order and discipline rather than liberty. The country of Utopia tolerates different religious practices, but does not tolerate atheists.

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, (April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer.

Leonardo da Vinci is most know for two of his paintings, the Mona Lisa and the Last supper. But he was also a scientist, an observer and an inventor. So he was fascinated by the phenomenon of flight, and conceptualised a flying machine.

Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 - April 15, 1446) was one of the foremost architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance. He built the Dome of Florence, Santa Maria del Fiore in commission of the wool merchants' guild.

Brunelleschi used more than 4 million bricks in the construction of the dome. Thus he invented a new hoisting machine for raising the masonry needed for the dome. He also issued one of the first patents for the hoist in an attempt to prevent theft of his ideas. Brunelleschi was granted the first modern patent for his invention of a river transport vessel.