Part one of term paper
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 ways of thinking ...

Part two of term paper
... art focused on secularism and realism. The art did not contain symbols and was not focused on just religion. The artists focused on the physical expression and body movements of the people in the paintings or sculptures. People in Renaissance paintings were less stiff, and all the same size. Artists were concerned with realism 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 ...