The Renaissance

1. someone who gives money or other support to a person or group
4. everyday spoken language
5. a poem of 14 lines with a fixed rhyming pattern
6. French for “rebirth”; refers to a period of cultural revival in Europe from the 1300s to the 1500s
9. to ban dangerous or offensive ideas, or remove materials from published works or prevent its publication
11. used balanced or symmetric elements to form a pleasing design
12. a cultural movement of the Renaissance based on the study of classical works

1. a series of comic episodes usually involving a mischievous character
2. an economic policy in which a nation gains strength by controlling its trade, agriculture, industry, and money
3. the belief in the importance of the individual as opposed to the larger community
5. the view than religion need not be the center of human affairs
7. an imaginary, ideal place
8. an art form in which an artist etches a design on a metal plate with a needle and acid
10. Perspective a mathematical system for representing three-dimensional space on a flat surface
13. work of literature than makes fun of its subject, often mocking vice or folly