Crossword Puzzle

4. Patrons were individuals or groups who financially supported artists, commissions, and artistic projects
5. The theory that the sun is the center of the universe
7. Michelangelo Buonarroti, a polymath of the Italian Renaissance, was a highly influential artist known for his sculptures, paintings, architecture, and poetry
9. He was a merchant and wanted to travel to meet kublai khan
10. A period in history, a style of music, and something that is considered a standard or traditional work
11. They owned the largest bank in Europe in the 1400s
12. They became more interested in worldly ideas and events not just religious ones

1. A way of showing people and things appear at different angles or distances
2. A new way of understanding the new world
3. Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press with movable type
6. The french word for “reborn”
8. A major trade route influencing art, religion, and culture throughout the region