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Robert Koch was a German physician who discovered the bacteria that caused anthrax and tuberculosis. He also developed the Koch’s postulates, a series of four guidelines used to identify the causative agent of a disease.

Although Lamarck proposed some correct ideas about evolution, he was incorrect about how species evolve. He thought that traits acquired during an organism’s lifetime could be passed on to its offspring.

Galen based his drawings of the human body on his observations of animals, particularly monkeys.

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.

The first group of poets to react against realism were the imagists. The imagists believed that the use of concrete images was the best way to create a poem. The second group of poets to react against realism were the symbolists. The symbolists believed that the use of symbols was the best way to create a poem.

Magic realism is a genre of fiction in which elements of the supernatural or imaginary are blended with reality. It is often used to explore social and political issues.

The artist used a tenebristic technique in the painting because it was popular during the baroque period. Tenebristic paintings usually have a dark background with a light source in the foreground, which creates a sense of drama.

The music of the classical period is more homophonic, while the music of the baroque period is more polyphonic.

Michelangelo was famously unhappy with his work on the Sistine Chapel, and is said to have even contemplated suicide at one point. He was constantly under pressure from Pope Julius II to hurry up, and is said to have even painted while lying on his back on scaffolding.

The ideas of romanticism were reflected in literature through the use of nature, imagination, and emotion.