The word renaissance is a French word meaning rebirth, to be born again or revival. The reason why this era had this name was because Europe considered this a rebirth of interest in the classic learning values of ancient Greece and Rome in the 14th Century. Florence, Italy became the center of the Renaissance. The architect and sculptor Filippo Brunelleschi was a …show more content…
Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo were the most famous artists during the 16th Century. Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, and architect. The paintings that made him famous were the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Vitruvian Man and The Madonna of the Rocks. He expressed all the mysteries of man and nature in his paintings making him one of the most well known and greatest painters of all time. Raphael was an architect and a master painter and was influenced by Leonardo da Vinci. His most famous paintings were The Sistine Madonna, The school of Athens, The Transfiguration, and Disputation of the Holy Sacrament. Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer. His most famous works include the David and Pieta statues and the ceiling paintings of Rome's Sistine Chapel, including the Last