Renaissance means rebirth. It was a time in European history right after the middle ages. The middle ages was a time when no one cared about learning so the renaissance people believed in the possibilities of human thought and creation. It was a period in European history from the 14 to the 17 century. It was a cultural movement. Michelangelo was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculpture, architect, poet and engineer. Michelangelo had many artistic accomplishments, including the Statue of David , the pieta statues and the ceiling paintings. The statue of david is a statue of the biblical hero named david. The statue was carved from a single piece of Carrara marble. Michelangelo 's "Pieta" is a sculpture of Mary holding the dead Jesus across