Renaissance

2. The correct or appropriate relationship of one thing to another in terms of size
3. A person with many talents or areas of knowledge
6. To assign a quality or status to a person or thing
7. A painting technique for softening the transition between colors and tones
9. A movement in art that aims to depict subjects as they appear in everyday life, without artificiality or stylization
10. A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes
11. The support, encouragement, financial aid, or assistance that an organization or individual bestows to another
12. A system of creating an illusion of depth on a flat surface
15. The native language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region
16. A philosophical and intellectual movement
17. The principle of separation of government institutions
18. A sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding territory

1. The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface (usually metal) by cutting grooves into it
4. A social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals
5. A period in European history
8. A machine for printing text or pictures from type or plates
13. The activity of buying and selling
14. A technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster