Across
- 4. A wealthy individual, often a ruler, or aristocratic family, who financially supported and commissioned artists to create works of art.
- 5. A sun centered theory of the universe. Believing that the sun was the center of the universe where earth and other planets followed a circular path around the sun.
- 7. An influential Italian Renaissance artist known for his sculptures, paintings and architecture, including the Sistine chapel ceiling and the Statue of David
- 9. A 13th century Venetian traveler who explored Asia and served as an advisor to Kubla Khan, the Mongol ruler of China.
- 10. The art, architecture, literature, and philosophy of ancient Greece and Rome.
- 11. A powerful and influential Italian banking, family and political dynasty that dominated Florence and later Tuscany during the Renaissance age.
- 12. Interested in worldly ideas and events, not just religious ones.
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- 1. A way of showing people and things as they appear at different distances.
- 2. An emphasis on worldly concerns; belief in the worth of the individual and that reason is the path to knowledge.
- 3. The printing press with movable type around 1450.
- 6. From the French word for “rebirth”, a renewed love of arts and learning after the Black Death between 1350 and 1650
- 8. The ancient network of trade routes connecting the East (China, Asia) and the West (Europe, the Middle East).