Across
- 4. a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.
- 5. The theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
- 7. the messenger who is like God.
- 9. Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan.
- 10. relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture.
- 11. an Italian family of bankers, merchants, and rulers of Florence and Tuscany.
- 12. denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.
Down
- 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. was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press.
- 6. the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.
- 8. an ancient trade route that linked the Western world with the Middle East and Asia.