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.
People. Boccaccio-One of the first writers of the early Renaissance, Giovanni Boccaccio, a Florentine, is most noted for writing the Decameron, a series of 100 stories set in Florence during the Black Death that struck the city in 1348.