Renaissance Review

3. The ultimate "Renaissance Man," painter of the Mona Lisa.
6. Technique that creates the illusion of three dimensions on a flat surface.
7. Author of Utopia, describing an ideal society.
8. Author of The Prince, advising rulers that it's "better to be feared than loved."
12. Financial supporter of artists and writers (e.g., the Medici family).
13. A person's native language (e.g., Italian, French) instead of Latin.
14. Known for the fresco The School of Athens.
15. Sculptor of David and painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

1. Invented the printing press with movable type.
2. The focus on human potential and achievements rather than divine matters.
4. The "rebirth" of art and learning from classical Greece and Rome.
5. Focusing on worldly, non-religious matters.
9. Wrote The Book of the Courtier, defining the ideal gentleman.
10. Dutch scholar, the greatest of the Christian Humanists.
11. Wrote plays like Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, focusing on human character.