Across
- 4. an Italian merchant, explorer and writer from the Republic of Venice who traveled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.
- 5. a network of paths connecting civilizations in the East and West that was well traveled for approximately 1,400 years.
- 6. a cosmological model in which the Sun is assumed to lie at or near a central point
- 8. God's Bankers
- 9. an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.
- 12. the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.
Down
- 1. a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.
- 2. (of clergy) not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order.
- 3. 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.
- 7. relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture.
- 10. a Renaissance cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought.
- 11. a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press.