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  1. 2. An Italian merchant who traveled to Asia, served the Mongols, and wrote about the greatness of China when he returned to Italy
  2. 3. Italian architect during the Renaissance who invented perspective and was the first to bring back the classical structures: domes, columns, and arches
  3. 6. The head of the Medici family at the start of the Renaissance who became a patron of the arts
  4. 7. methods of showing a three-dimensional scene on a flat surface so that it looks real
  5. 9. Financial support, usually for an artistic or scientific project
  6. 13. relating to or influenced by Ancient Greece and Rome
  7. 16. Language of the Romans that was popular in European literature during the medieval period
  8. 17. a great flowering of culture, based on Classical Greek and Roman ideas and art, that began in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and spread throughout Europe
  9. 19. common language
  10. 20. an Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance
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  1. 1. style of architecture that was popular in Medieval Europe
  2. 4. collectively, areas of study that focus on human life and culture, such as history, literature, and ethics
  3. 5. English author who wrote many famous plays such as Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, and Macbeth
  4. 8. Italian artist who painted the School at Athens and Wedding of the Virgin; Many consider him to be the greatest Renaissance artist
  5. 10. Italian artist who sculpted the marble version of The David and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling
  6. 11. Italian author who wrote The Prince, a book of advice for rulers
  7. 12. a philosophy that tries to balance religious faith with an emphasis on individual dignity and an interest in nature and human society
  8. 14. an independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory
  9. 15. Italian artist who sculpted the bronze version of The David
  10. 18. Italian author who wrote The Divine Comedy