Across
- 2. An Italian merchant who traveled to Asia, served the Mongols, and wrote about the greatness of China when he returned to Italy
- 3. Italian architect during the Renaissance who invented perspective and was the first to bring back the classical structures: domes, columns, and arches
- 6. The head of the Medici family at the start of the Renaissance who became a patron of the arts
- 7. methods of showing a three-dimensional scene on a flat surface so that it looks real
- 9. Financial support, usually for an artistic or scientific project
- 13. relating to or influenced by Ancient Greece and Rome
- 16. Language of the Romans that was popular in European literature during the medieval period
- 17. a great flowering of culture, based on Classical Greek and Roman ideas and art, that began in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and spread throughout Europe
- 19. common language
- 20. an Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance
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- 1. style of architecture that was popular in Medieval Europe
- 4. collectively, areas of study that focus on human life and culture, such as history, literature, and ethics
- 5. English author who wrote many famous plays such as Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, and Macbeth
- 8. Italian artist who painted the School at Athens and Wedding of the Virgin; Many consider him to be the greatest Renaissance artist
- 10. Italian artist who sculpted the marble version of The David and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling
- 11. Italian author who wrote The Prince, a book of advice for rulers
- 12. a philosophy that tries to balance religious faith with an emphasis on individual dignity and an interest in nature and human society
- 14. an independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory
- 15. Italian artist who sculpted the bronze version of The David
- 18. Italian author who wrote The Divine Comedy