renaissances

4. a wealthy individual, family, or institution (like the Church) that provided financial support, commissions, and protection to artists, architects, and scholars.
5. The theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun is
7. the messenger who is like God.
9. Venetian merchant and explorer
10. the art, literature, and culture of ancient Greece and Rome, or to something that adheres to traditional, formal, and enduring standards.
11. a powerful Florentine banking dynasty that ruled Florence—and later Tuscany—during the Renaissance, roughly from the 15th to the 18th century.
12. the shift during the 14th–17th centuries away from exclusive focus on religious dogma toward worldly affairs, humanism, and individualism.

1. a technique used to create the illusion of depth in a work of art on a two-dimensional surface.
2. A democratic and ethical life stance that emphasizes the value, dignity, and potential of human beings.
3. German goldsmith and inventor who revolutionized Europe during the Renaissance by developing the first mechanical movable type printing press.
6. a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages.
8. the vast network of trade routes that connected China to the rest of Eurasia from roughly the first century B.C. to A.D. 1400