Rennaisance means rebirth.
It was a 'Aha" moment.
It started in Florence, Italy between Mulan and Rome. You couldn't walk down the street without seeing a statue. The Medici family brought this about. Lorenzo Medici was nicknamed the Magnificent because he helped it come alive. A humanist is someone who returned to the classics. The artist and writer were awakened. The Italian artist relied on perspective for making is humanistic. The sistine chapel's ceiling was the masterpiece of Michelangelo. The sistine chapel is in the vatican city in the vatican museum. It is small. The pietta was the only work that he signed. He signed it because he didn't think that it was very good. Da Vinci painted the mona lisa. Her eyebrows are missing on the mona lisa. His last famous painting was the last supper. Raphael is the next artist. He drew many portraits of Mary. Madonna was a picture of Mary.
Petrarch was known for his love poems to an imaginary woman. Niccolo Machiavelli was the next writer. He was from Florence. He wrote the prince.