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Source: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/civilwar/recontwo/
The last answer, "Renaissance artists made figures look solid and lifelike by using light and shadow; figures in medieval art look flat," is the correct answer.
<span>The quote in your question is attributed to the European explorer Christopher Columbus. Columbus was of the belief that when he discovered North America, it was a sign that all the present earthly things were going to come to an end and be replaced with a "new heaven and new earth."</span>