Renaissance - Terms to know

5. A synonym of importance
12. Newton's third law of motion, that any particle of matter in the universe attracts any other with a force.
13. The personality trait of being manipulative and doing what it takes to gain power.
14. The action of dissecting a body or plant to study its internal parts.
15. A short period of time of the most exceptional artistic production in the Italian states.
17. The support and encouragement for privilege and financial aid, given by an organization.
18. The period of time from about 1400 to 1500 in Europe where ideas of art, architecture, science and religion were reborn.
20. A center of activity, interest, or attention.

1. The principle of separation of the state from religious institutions.
2. The attitude of being self aligned and independent.
3. Any theory of the structure of the solar system/universe in which Earth is assumed to be at the centre of it all.
4. Having something displayed with beauty, that is pleasing to the eye
6. a type of poem created by an Italian poet (Francesco Petrarca) during the renaissance.
7. a type of artistic technique used to create an illusion of depth on a flat surface.
8. An old analogy that is used in a metaphorical sense to describe the creation of the universe.
9. A Renaissance cultural movement which revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought.
10. The astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the universe.
11. A type of science and study that is about the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms, especially as revealed by dissection and the separation of parts.
16. A painting done rapidly in watercolour on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling
19. A method of procedure that has characterized natural science, consisting of observations, measurements,formulation, and modification of hypotheses.