It is essential for students to know:
Students should understand that the Renaissance brought dramatic changes in virtually all areas of artistic and intellectual expression.
Because of this, Leonardo da Vinci, painter of "The Mona Lisa," sculptor, architect, inventor and mathematician, is considered the classic example of a "Renaissance Man."
Michelangelo, who painted the Sistine Chapel in St. Peter's Cathedral and sculpted David and The Pieta, among many others.
German inventor Johannes Gutenberg created a movable type printing press. Because of this literacy, intellectual debate became more commonplace among the masses.