Renaissance.

Late in the Middle Ages, new ways of looking at life took hold in Europe and soon affected human affairs of all kinds as a new spirit of optimism, confidence, and creativity developed. This remarkable period began in the fourteenth in the city-states of Italy and lasted into the sixteenth century. It is known as the Renaissance, from the French word for "rebirth." Renaissance scholars were interested in Greek and Roman learning. This developed into …showed first 75 words of 473 total…

…showed last 75 words of 473 total…point of view. William Shakespeare was an actor, poet, and playwright whose admiration for humanity marked him as a man of the Renaissance. Raphael combined religious art with a Renaissance spirit, famous for his madonnas--pictures of Mary. Michelangelo, a sculptor, painter, poet, and architect, made the statue Pietà and decorated the ceiling of Sistine Chapel with frescoes for Pope Julius II in 1508. Leonardo da Vinci painted the works The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa.