world history
Across
- 2. :Lawyer and former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
- 4. :a German inventor who introduced printing with movable type to Europe around 1440
- 5. :an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance, celebrated as a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, inventor, anatomist, and more, who is considered the epitome of the "Renaissance man"
- 11. :English playwright, poet, and actor
- 12. :an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
- 13. :an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.
- 14. :Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance
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- 1. :applying water-based pigments to wet plaster, causing the colors to be absorbed into the wall as it dries and creating a durable, long-lasting mural.
- 3. :was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance.
- 6. :a historical period, primarily the Renaissance, where there was a shift in focus from purely religious and spiritual matters to a greater interest in human experience, worldly achievements, and rational thought.
- 7. :the historical period when writers began using the common, native language of a region instead of classical languages like Latin, leading to a flowering of literature and culture.
- 8. :the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.
- 9. :famous 16th-century portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci that depicts Lisa del Giocondo
- 10. : a powerful and influential banking family in Florence during the Renaissance, defined by their significant political power and extensive patronage of the arts.