The Renaissance

4. a person chosen, named, or honored as a special guardian, protector, or supporter
5. system is one in which the planets revolve around a fixed sun.
7. sculptor, painter and architect widely considered to be one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance
9. Venetian merchant and adventurer who traveled from Europe to Asia in 1271–95, remaining in China for 17 of those years
10. relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture.
11. art-loving family of wealthy bankers (and three popes), helped fund the Renaissance.
12. denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.

1. the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point.
2. a Renaissance cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought.
3. known for having designed and built the first known mechanized printing press in Europe
6. the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.
8. ancient trade route, linking China with the West, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and China.