One example is Romeo and Juliet. This was a very influential play made by Shakespeare. It is also still being preformed today, and there are countless movies based off of it.

Don Quixote de la Mancha is another example. It was a book written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. It was about love. And the way he wrote it showed how book characters can feel real and it can affect the reader.


This is the Mona Lisa made by Leonardo DaVinci, and it's very influential as the painting is seen by thousands of people everyday. One aspect of the art at the time that carried over into this generation is how realistic the woman is. In fact, people say that the eyes of Mona Lisa follow you as you move around.

Renaissance architecture is very important as it set the groundwork for buildings today. Such as the columns used, materials, style. Without this buildings all over the world would look much different.

Eyeglasses were invented in the renaissance era. These are very important because people with bad eyesight could finally see correctly. Without this, a lot of people would be practically blind.