Renaissance Vocabulary

3. a rebirth of european culture marked by a revival of classical art literature and philosophy after the middle ages
6. a German inventor goldsmith and printer
7. a philosical and ethical stance that emphasizes human agency reason and compassion as the foundations for morality and meaning in life without the need for supernatural beliefs
12. a prominent humanist and statesman
14. a famous artist who created the Mona Lisa

1. a famous poet who is known by English teachers today
2. an Italian sculpor painter architect and poet of the high renaissance
4. the use of cunning deceitful and manipulative tactics to gain power control or personal advantage
5. a powerful Italian banking and political dynasty that ruled florence and where the instrumental in the renaissance
8. a mural painting technique where water based pigments are applied directly to freshly wet lime plaster on a wall or ceiling
9. the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region
10. an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect
11. denoting attitudes activities or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis
13. one of the most famous paintings in France by Leonardo da Vinci