page_title: Renaissance
section_title: In art
hierarchical_section_title: Renaissance / List of important events of the Renaissance / In art
caption_attribution_description: Basilika St. Peter in Rom
context_page_description: The Renaissance is a period in the history of Europe beginning in about 1400, and following the Medieval period.
  "Renaissance" is a French word meaning "rebirth". The period is called by this name because at that time, people started taking an interest in the learning of ancient times, in particular, the learning of Ancient Greece and Rome. The Renaissance was seen as a "rebirth" of that learning. The Renaissance is often said to be the start of the "modern age".
  During the Renaissance, there were many famous artists, many writers and many philosophers. Many people studied mathematics and different sciences. A person who is clever at a great number of things is sometimes called a "Renaissance man". Leonardo da Vinci, who was a painter, a scientist, a musician and a philosopher, is the most famous Renaissance Man.
  The Renaissance started in Italy but soon spread across the whole of Europe. In Italy, the time is divided into three periods:
  the Early Renaissance.
  the High Renaissance
  the Late Renaissance which is also called the"Mannerist" period.
  Following the Mannerist period was the Baroque period which also spread across Europe from about 1600.
context_section_description: 1401, Lorenzo Ghiberti wins the Competition for the Florence Baptistry Doors.
  1420s, Masaccio and Masolino paint the Brancacci Chapel, in Florence.
  1440s, Donatello makes the statue of Gattamelata on Horseback, Padua.
  1470s, Botticelli paints the Birth of Venus, in Florence.
  1490s,  Leonardo da Vinci paints The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa in Milan.
  1508-1512, Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel Ceiling in Rome.
caption: The rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica began in the Renaissance.
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