The Renaissance started in 1300 A.D; During this time, painters like Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Giovanni, and Gallileo; The Renaissance was about rebirth of Greek and Roman culture; The paintings that were painted were commissions paid by churches, merchants, wealthy families, and a family known as the Medici's; The paintings and sculptures were about secularism, perspective, humanism and individualism.