Renaissance

Sculptors made figures more realistic. Perspective in painting, a technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions using a vanishing pint and horizon. Vernacular (native language) ex, Dante in Medieval Times writing. The Divine Comedy. Boccaccio wrote the Decameron, a series of realistic, sometimes off-color  (dirty)stories, cutting down public figures. Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince. He focused on telling rulers how to expand their power even if it meant taking steps the Church viewed as evil. Don't worry about morals. Cynical view: most people are corrupt and selfish.