The "rebirth" of art, religion, and education in Europe
             is known as the Renaissance. During this time of rebirth,
             Renaissance thinkers dismissed the medieval period as a dark
             age of worthlessness. Instead, a style of classical age
             inspired a respect for order, perspective, proportion, and
             principles to the artist's work. The Renaissance also had a
             time of rebirth in people's religion and beliefs. The
             people became closer to God and began to worship Him in
             their own ways. There was a drastic change in education
             during this time also. A push for the citizen to become
             educated became a big deal. Books were given out, any many
             libraries were developed in an attempt to educate their
             people(Bowman 325-330). The Renaissance truly changed the
             art work, religion, and education throughout Europe.
             The European art emerged from its medieval precedents
             during the course of the thirteenth century. Before this
             time European art work were based on fixed, conventional
             forms art. This showed figures as stiff and flat; it showed
             the objects as unrealistic and lifeless. The artwork did
             not show great detail. Landscapes were decorative but
             unrealistic. The artist no longer worked only on small
             paintings but broadened his work to masterpieces.
             Masterpieces would be a piece of art that sometime would
             take an artist his whole life to complete. Their
             masterpieces would be placed in cathedrals, on buildings and
             would cover entire walls and ceilings. Many of the
             paintings would tell a story, often from the Bible. The
             artist would spend years working to finish his masterpieces.
             Often he would die before completing the paintings all the
             The status of artists rose as they began to work more for
             nobility and the wealthy. No longer anonymous, artists
             developed personal styles and experimented adventurously
             with new techniques("Renaissance" 1989).
             The use of color a...