Introduces readers to major art eras and the artists who contributed to their development. Offers a glimpse of art that was created in other parts of the world around the same time. An excitng period of progress and change began in Europe in the 14th century. This was a time when painters, sculptors and scholars rediscovered the great works of ancient Greece and Rome. Michelangelo lived in Italy during this time and is considered to be one of the greatest masters of the Renaissance.