The Renaissance was spanned out through the 14th and 17th century in Italy and other parts of Europe. This was a time of people thinking outside of the box and for themselves. People started branching out to new ideas including breaking away from Catholicism. This influenced many people to disagree with other people, but also influenced a great amount of people inventing new things, painting with a whole new style, and having a mind of their own and not following what everybody else was doing. Techniques especially in art changed in this time. If you looked at a painting from the Medieval Times and then a painting from the Renaissance, you would easily be able to find out which one is from each period of time. Overall, the Renaissance was a time of people breaking out with brand new things that many people haven't thought of yet.