The Renaissance

2. Invented movable type printing press in the early 1450s.
6. A person who uses money, gifts, or endorsements to support an artist or cause.
7. An emphasis on worldly concerns, belief in the worth of individuals.
9. A way of showing people and things as they appear at different distances.
10. Word for a new interest in culture, from the french word “rebirth”
12. A trade route that made it easier and cheaper for caravans to carry goods between China and the Middle East.

1. Theory that the sun was the center of the universe, developed by Copernicus.
3. Family in Florence that used their wealth to support artists.
4. A term with a multitude of definitions, one of which being to describe something timeless, traditional, and exemplary.
5. Influential architect and poet as well as sculptor and painter.
8. A merchant who was sent to learn about Asia by Kublai Khan, greatly influencing world history.
11. When people become more interested in worldly ideas and events, not just religious ones.