In our last class of the semester, we talked a lot about how the Renaissance gave birth to the phenomenon that still exists in art today of upholding famous/accomplished artists as tortured geniuses. Professor Plesch noted that the Renaissance was the first time that it became more important to have a work by a specific artist than to have a work representing a specific scene or person. This is still so present in modern-day art, and when Professor Plesch reminded the class that the plaques on the wall of museums describing the works they are next to always begin with the name of the artist, I was reminded of one of the first activities we did for homework in this course where we went to the museum and wrote down our observations about how art is presented in a museum. It has been fascinating to fully come to understand the origins of this style of presentation of art in museums, and I am glad that I have been able to see the evolution of the appreciation of the artists over the Renaissance over the course of this class.