Part 1 of Essay
The fourteenth century witnessed the beginnings of remarkable changes in many aspects of the Italian society. In the fifteenth century it spread beyond Italy and gradually influenced society in northern Europe. These cultural changes have been labeled the “Renaissance.” The Renaissance was a rebirth. New ideas and new ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... and emotions. Michelangelo, da Vinci, and Botticelli were artists of the Renaissance who focused on these ideas. The Renaissance did not reflect the Middle Ages at all in the art category. Paintings in the Middle Ages focused on religion. People were painted flat, rigid, and all different sizes according to levels of importance. The paintings were symbolic from corner to corner. Artists of the Middle Ages almost never signed their names, because that was not what was important. In the Renaissance, ever ....