Renaissance Crossword

2. LISA Leonardo’s painting with a mysterious smile (two words)
4. Michelangelo’s marble statue of a biblical hero
6. Technique for showing depth on a flat surface
8. Artistic style that shows people and nature as they really look
9. Wealthy banking family of Florence
13. Intellectual movement focusing on human potential and classical learning
16. Independent self‑ruling territory (hyphenated)
17. 14‑line poem form
21. Everyday language (not Latin)
22. English playwright who wrote Hamlet
23. City nicknamed “cradle of the Renaissance”

1. “Better to be __________ than loved”
2. Florentine diplomat who wrote The Prince (last name)
3. STATES Region in central Italy ruled by the Pope (two words)
5. MAN A person skilled in many fields, like Leonardo (two words)
7. LAST SUPPER Leonardo’s painting of Jesus’ final meal with his disciples (three words)
10. Dutch humanist who wrote In Praise of Folly (last name)
11. German inventor of the printing press (last name)
12. Painting on wet plaster (used by Michelangelo)
14. Thomas More’s perfect society book
15. Canal city known for its navy and trade
18. Government by a small wealthy group
19. “The __________ justify the means”
20. “Father of Humanism” who wrote sonnets