renaissance
..., such as Mary and Jesus, and set them again Greek and Roman backgrounds. Their art was very realistic. This was probably because they learned the concept of perspective, which gave drawings a three dimensional effect. To make objects look real, they used shading. They studied the human anatomy in order to draw the human body more accurately. One of the most brilliant painters of this time was Leonardo da Vinci, who drew the Mona Lisa. Michelangelo was rounded as a sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, and poet. There were also some woman who became professional artists, but they often kept quiet and let their husbands take credit for their work. Until the mid-1500s, people believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. During the Renaissance, discoveries were made that changed the way people viewed the world. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus suggested a heliocentric universe, meaning that the sun was at the center. This concept was rejected at first. In the late 1500s, Tycho Brahe set up an astronomical observatory where he found evidence to support Copernicus’s theory. Another German astronomer and mathematician, Johannes Kepler, used Brahe’s observ...