Would it not be nice if we could go back in time to experience the Renaissance for ourselves? Being able to walk down the streets of Florence, Italy and experience this time period that not only gave rebirth to old values and artistic ways of statement, but also were a period of great individualism. (make this into a sentence…add a subject and a verb to make it flow). Indeed, Renaissance was a period of great individualism based on old traditional values.The Renaissance had its start in Florence Italy and was inspired by the values of ancient Greece and ancient Rome. During the Renaissance, people from various levels of society began to study classical literature and art. Their studies were driven by pleasure and interest in learning from the past. The individual could make a difference here, and more attention was given to the development of an individual’s potential. These beliefs made Renaissance a great period to live in, not only because it meant a new way of understanding the world based on its history, but also because the people of the Renaissance understood the importance of understanding one’s past in order to build the future and make progress. The word Renaissance means to give rebirth, and that was exactly what was happening in this time period. People began to take a deeper interest in learning from the past cultures of the Greek and Roman Empire. Many artists and thinkers found and gave rebirth to old values and ideas, and used those for inspiration to produce their own material. This same time period also meant that there was more focus on the individual, and how the individual could shape his or her own destiny. People stood out as individuals and through their own studies they produced works that contributed to the society at that time.Many people made famous by history lived in the Renaissance period, including Christopher Columbus -- an Italian-Spanish navigator whose voyages to the Caribbean Sea...
