The Renaissance!

5. German printer who developed a printing press that used movable metal type.
6. influential architect and poet as well as a sculptor and painter.
8. person who supports, protects, or champions someone or something, typically an artist, charity, or cause.
9. trade route that allowed people to transport goods between China and the Middle East.
11. sun-centered theory of the universe.
12. French word for "rebirth."

1. more interested in worldly ideas, not just religious ones.
2. way of showing people and things as they appear at different distances.
3. emphasis on worldly concerns;belief in the worth of the individual and that reason is the path to knowledge.
4. powerful family who controlled the Florence government.
7. traditional, authoritative, or adhering to established, long-standing standards, usually focusing on balance, simplicity, and form.
10. polo/A merchant and explorer who traveled to China with his father and learned all about Asian culture.