Buildings during this time, such as the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, became more gothic in their architecture. The used spires, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and ribbed vaults. One of the most noticeable changes were the stained glass windows. While in the middle ages painting mostly depicted the Virgin Mary and Jesus, but during the Renaissance came the belief in Individualism. People no longer believed that they were out on the earth to suffer but to do their best and enjoy life. Paintings in this era were no longer solely based on religion, but about life in general. For example, “The Florentine painter Giotto (1267?-1337), the most famous artist of the proto-Renaissance, made enormous advances in the technique of representing
