Renaissance Vocabulary

3. A wealthy supporter who funds artists, writers, and thinkers to create their work.
6. A sense of beauty or artistic style in art, architecture, or design.
9. An art style that depicts people and nature in a realistic, detailed, and natural way.
10. A period of cultural rebirth in Europe (1300s–1600s) that focused on art, learning, and classical ideas.
11. An artistic style that focuses on making paintings and sculptures look as lifelike as possible.
13. A young person who learns a trade or skill by working under a master.
15. An English playwright and poet of the Renaissance, known for plays like Romeo and Juliet.
16. A famous Renaissance artist, scientist, and inventor known for paintings like Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.

1. A self-governing city and its surrounding territory, common in Renaissance Italy.
2. An ideal society where everything is perfect, as described in Thomas More’s book Utopia.
4. press A machine invented by Johannes Gutenberg that allowed books to be made quickly and in large numbers.
5. The everyday language spoken by people, rather than Latin or formal scholarly languages.
7. A way of thinking that emphasized human potential, achievements, and education rather than religious beliefs.
8. The art and science of designing and constructing buildings.
12. An artistic technique that creates the illusion of depth and three-dimensional space in paintings.
14. A person skilled in many areas, such as art, science, and invention, like Leonardo da Vinci.