Renaissance

5. a period of European history, roughly spanning the 14th to 17th centuries, characterized by a renewed interest in classical art, literature, and philosophy after the Middle Ages.
6. a style characterized by balance, clarity, and formal structure, distinct from popular or folk music
7. inventing the movable-type printing press
10. denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.
11. someone who provides support, especially financial, to an artist, charity, or other organization
12. his extensive travels to China and his book, "The Travels of Marco Polo"

1. renowned patrons of the arts and culture during the Italian Renaissance
2. Importance to human rather than religion
3. The painter for “ Creation of Adam”, “ Creation of David”, and painter of the Sistine Chapel;
4. having or representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system.
8. a vast network of trade routes that connected Eurasia and North Africa for over 1,500 years
9. the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point.