Renaissance Vocabulary

2. Florentine Painter who led the way in the use of realism.
4. a person who supports artists, especially financially
7. an artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface
9. French satirical author
10. The finest representative of early modern skepticism. Created a new genre, the essay.
11. Wrote The Courtier which was about education and manners and had a great influence. It said that an upper class, educated man should know many academic subjects and should be trained in music, dance, and art.
12. everyday language of people in a region or country
13. Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements
14. Individualism stressed personality, uniqueness, genius, and the fullest development of capabilities and talents.

1. Italian writer, best known for the Decameron which is a series of realistic sometimes off color stories, the stories are told by a group of worldly young people
2. craftsman from Mainz, Germany, developed a printing press that incorporated technology in a new way
3. Dutch Humanist and friend of Sir Thomas More
5. art or technique of painting on plaster
6. playhouse where performances were performed
8. Renaissance in England, named after Queen Elizabeth I, well educated, spoke many languages, wrote music and poetry, supported the development of English art and literature
15. The striving for excellence and being a virtuous person. Humanistic aspect of Renaissance.
16. an imaginary land described by Thomas More in his book Utopia; hence an ideal place. Means "no place" in Greek