Renaissance Crossword

4. an Italian merchant, explorer and writer from the Republic of Venice who traveled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.
5. a network of paths connecting civilizations in the East and West that was well traveled for approximately 1,400 years.
6. a cosmological model in which the Sun is assumed to lie at or near a central point
8. God's Bankers
9. an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.
12. the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.

1. a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.
2. (of clergy) not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order.
3. 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.
7. relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture.
10. a Renaissance cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought.
11. a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press.