• A revolutionary movement in art and thought that began in Italy and spread throughout Europe.
  
  
• The repeated defeats of the Crusades weakened the authority of the Pope in Rome.
  
  
• The world shifted from a God-centered view to a human-centered view.
  
  
• Art and philosophy became separated from the Christian world of God and moved toward a rebirth of the culture of ancient Greece and Rome.
  
  

Sandro Botticelli (1444–1510)