Fill in the Blanks Renaissance: an OverviewOnline version Fill in the text by clicking on the right word by Helena Giannaki 1 death era attitude Italy realistic spreading artists sculpture flourishing spirit humanism medieval human wisdom symbolism perspective cultures anatomy The term ? Renaissance ? literally means ? rebirth ? . It is used to refer to the time period when there was a of the arts and a renewed interest in the Classical of Ancient Greece and Rome . The Renaissance lasted just over one hundred years , beginning around the early fifteenth century , and was almost entirely centred on before out into the rest of Europe . Although the Renaissance was traditionally supposed to mark the end of the period and the beginning of the modern age , historians now think that this is too simplistic a way of looking at the . The rise of the concept of during this period led to a reassessment of the way a life should be lived . For humanists , it was important to spend one ? s life in , giving a greater emphasis to the individual ? s and nature , rather than the more medieval of an existence spent in penance , preparing for the next world after . The great of the Renaissance , like Leonardo da Vinci , Raphael , Michelangelo and Botticelli , used new techniques such as to render their work in painting and more naturalistic . Rather than focusing on in their work , they used the science of to render their figures more .
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