Across
- 2. a network of ancient trade routes, primarily land-based but also including sea routes, that connected China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe.
- 6. having or representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system.
- 7. an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.
- 8. denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.
- 9. an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.
- 10. Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan
- 12. German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press
Down
- 1. a powerful and influential Italian family known for their role in the Renaissance.
- 3. relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture.
- 4. the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.
- 5. 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.
- 11. a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.