It is used to learn about opinions on a designated topic, and to guide future action. Examples: 1  A focus group of parents of preschoolers meets to discuss child care needs. 2  Parents share their views on local child care programs, and on what could be done to improve them.
Born 13 years after da Vinci, Michelangelo followed in his footsteps as a Renaissance man. He was an accomplished artist, poet, architect, and engineer. His best-known work is probably the sculpture David, which was completed in the opening years of the 16th century.
Sandro Botticelli. Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter and illustrator, whose real name was Alessandro do Mariano Filipepi, was born in Florence in 1445. He is the most important artist of the early Italian Renaissance. After he apprenticed as a goldsmith, he studied painting under the Florentine artist Fra Filippo Lippi (1406-69) from 1465 to 1467.