Renaissance

2. A group of the rulers and rich class of people who provided protection and livelihood to the Brahmanas, poets and artists
4. an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect
8. a cultural movement that profoundly affected European intellectual life
10. an Italian diplomat, author, philosopher and historian who lived during the Renaissance.
12. 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

1. a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press.
3. Italian banker and politician who established the Medici family as effective rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance
5. a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential
6. not subject to or bound by religious rule
7. an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance
9. capital of Italy’s Tuscany region
11. the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region