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- 2. Florentine Painter who led the way in the use of realism.
- 4. a person who supports artists, especially financially
- 7. an artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface
- 9. French satirical author
- 10. The finest representative of early modern skepticism. Created a new genre, the essay.
- 11. Wrote The Courtier which was about education and manners and had a great influence. It said that an upper class, educated man should know many academic subjects and should be trained in music, dance, and art.
- 12. everyday language of people in a region or country
- 13. Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements
- 14. Individualism stressed personality, uniqueness, genius, and the fullest development of capabilities and talents.
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- 1. Italian writer, best known for the Decameron which is a series of realistic sometimes off color stories, the stories are told by a group of worldly young people
- 2. craftsman from Mainz, Germany, developed a printing press that incorporated technology in a new way
- 3. Dutch Humanist and friend of Sir Thomas More
- 5. art or technique of painting on plaster
- 6. playhouse where performances were performed
- 8. Renaissance in England, named after Queen Elizabeth I, well educated, spoke many languages, wrote music and poetry, supported the development of English art and literature
- 15. The striving for excellence and being a virtuous person. Humanistic aspect of Renaissance.
- 16. an imaginary land described by Thomas More in his book Utopia; hence an ideal place. Means "no place" in Greek