Renaissance crossword puzzle

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  1. 2. type of painting made by applying pigment onto fresh plaster.
  2. 6. an influential Italian painter and architect, renowned for his harmonious compositions, mastery of perspective, and clear forms, which exemplified the ideals of the High Renaissance
  3. 7. a masterpiece that embodies humanist ideals by celebrating the revival of classical antiquity and the beauty of the human form, blending mythological themes with Christian allegory
  4. 8. the powerful, aristocratic Italian family that ruled Florence and Tuscany, known for their wealth from banking.
  5. 9. a document written in 1517 that challenged the Catholic Church's practice of selling indulgences (certificates that could reduce time in purgatory) and the Church's authority to sell them for forgiveness of sins
  6. 12. a person or institution that provides financial or other support to an artist, writer, or cause
  7. 16. an imagined, ideal community, a "no-place" or "good-place" where society is organized to perfection
  8. 18. an archetype of High Renaissance portraiture, created by Leonardo da Vinci
  9. 20. the ancient civilization that evolved from a small Italian city into a vast empire and the modern city that remains a significant cultural and political center
  10. 23. Leonardo da Vinci's famous mural depicting the moment Jesus announces one of his apostles will betray him
  11. 25. artistic technique used to create a sense of depth and distance on a flat surface, making objects appear three-dimensional.
  12. 26. a key poet of the English Renaissance whose work exemplifies the era by blending humanist ideals, classical literature, and the Protestant Reformation's moral concerns
  13. 27. the everyday language
  14. 28. a master Italian Renaissance sculptor
  15. 29. The invention that helped spread ideas and technology during the Renaissance and beyond.
  16. 30. an intellectual movement focused on the study of classical Greek and Roman literature, history, and philosophy
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  1. 1. an Italian Renaissance explorer, known for his 1492 voyage across the Atlantic that opened the Americas to European awareness and subsequent colonization
  2. 3. classical art technique where a figure's body is posed in a counterpoise, with alternating tense and relaxed limbs for dynamism.
  3. 4. a series of medieval military campaigns sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church between the late 11th and 13th centuries, primarily aimed at reclaiming the Holy Land in the eastern Mediterranean from Muslim control.
  4. 5. individual who is skilled in many different fields, reflecting the Renaissance ideal of versatile genius.
  5. 10. a major city in central Italy, the capital of Tuscany, and a prominent cultural and economic hub known for its Renaissance heritage.
  6. 11. a growing focus on worldly, non-religious matters, such as human achievement, the natural world, and earthly life, rather than an exclusive focus on religion and the afterlife that characterized the medieval period
  7. 13. Dutch humanist, scholar, and theologian known as the "Prince of the Humanists"
  8. 14. a European style, emerging from early 15th-century Italy, that revived Classical Greek and Roman forms to create buildings characterized by symmetry, proportion, and harmonious design
  9. 15. author of Utopia, whose intellectual and ethical contributions defined the era's spirit by emphasizing human potential
  10. 17. A common conversational interjection meaning please, derived from I pray thee
  11. 19. a major port city and the capital of the Campania region in southern Italy
  12. 21. A Florentine artist famous for painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpting David
  13. 22. excelling in a vast array of fields, from painting and sculpture to science and engineering, demonstrating an insatiable curiosity and a commitment to the humanist ideal of versatile genius
  14. 24. the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.