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Literature , in its broadest sense , is any single body of written works . More restrictively , it is writing considered as an art form , or any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value , often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary usage . Its Latin root " literatura "/" litteratura " ( derived itself from " littera ": " letter " or " handwriting ") was used to refer to all written accounts , though contemporary definitions extend the term to include texts that are spoken or sung ( oral literature ). Literature can be classified according to whether it is fiction or non - fiction and whether it is poetry or ___MASK94___ ; it can be further distinguished according to major forms such as the novel , short story or drama ; and works are often categorized according to historical periods or their adherence to certain aesthetic features or expectations ( genre ). The Isleworth Mona Lisa is a painting of the same subject as Leonardo da Vinci ' s Mona Lisa . The painting is claimed by some to be partly an original work of Leonardo dating from the early 16th century . The ___MASK100___ was the earliest manifestation of the general European Renaissance , a period of great cultural change and achievement that began in Italy during the 14th century and lasted until the 16th century , marking the transition between Medieval and Early Modern Europe . The term Renaissance is in essence a modern one that came into currency in the 19th century , in the work of historians such as Jules Michelet and Jacob Burckhardt . Although the origins of a movement that was confined largely to the literate culture of intellectual endeavor and patronage can be traced to the earlier part of the 14th century , many aspects of Italian culture and society remained largely Medieval ; the Renaissance did not come into full swing until the end of the century . The French word " renaissance " (" Rinascimento " in Italian ) means " Rebirth ", and the era is best known for the renewed interest in the culture of classical antiquity after the period that Renaissance humanists labeled the Dark Ages . Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( 15 April 14522 May 1519 ), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo , was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention , painting , sculpting , architecture , science , music , mathematics , engineering , literature , anatomy , geology , astronomy , botany , writing , history , and cartography . He has been variously called the father of palaeontology , ichnology , and architecture , and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time . Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute , helicopter and tank , he epitomised the ___MASK39___ humanist ideal . The Mona Lisa ( or " La Gioconda " ) is a half - length portrait of Lisa Gherardini by the ___MASK100___ artist Leonardo da Vinci , which has been described as " the best known , the most visited , the most written about , the most sung about , the most parodied work of art in the world ". The ___MASK39___ was a period in European history , from the 14th to the 17th century , regarded as the cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history . It started as a cultural movement in Italy in the Late Medieval period and later spread to the rest of Europe , marking the beginning of the Early Modern Age .