Lesson 2: New Ideas & Art (Renaissance)

1. Preserved and shared Greek and Roman writings that reached Western Europe
5. English writer of The Canterbury Tales
6. Renaissance artist-inventor who painted the Mona Lisa,The Last Supper and studied human anatomy
8. Famous portrait noted for its mysterious smile
9. Italian scholar who searched monasteries for ancient manuscripts that sparked interest in classical works
10. Artist and sculptor who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and carved the statue of David
11. Art technique that shows depth and distance for a three-dimensional look
13. Everyday language of a region (like Italian or English) used so more people could read
17. Painting method using light and shadow that adds drama and realism

2. Ancient Roman writer whose works Petrarch rediscovered and admired
3. Scholars from this empire brought classical works to Italy
4. Home of the pope in Rome where a major library held rediscovered manuscripts
7. Florentine poet who wrote The Divine Comedy in Italian
9. Johannes Gutenberg’s movable metal type machine that sped up book production and spread ideas
12. Renaissance way of thinking that valued the individual and human society and sought knowledge through reason
14. Church with a ceiling painted by Michelangelo with scenes from the Bible
15. Painting done on fresh, wet plaster
16. Study of the human body advanced by Renaissance artists and later scientists