The Renaissance

1. a way of showing the relationship between objects in a drawing to give the look of depth or distance
7. an emphasis on worldly concerns; belief in the worth of the individual and that reason is the path to knowledge
9. a period of European history, roughly spanning the 14th to 17th centuries, marked by a renewed interest in classical art, literature, and philosophy
11. a powerful Italian banking dynasty that rose to prominence in Florence during the Italian Renaissance
12. someone who provides support, either financially or otherwise, to another person, organization, or cause

2. denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis
3. a German printer and inventor who introduced movable type and the printing press to Europe
4. (typically of a form of art) regarded as representing an exemplary standard; traditional and long-established in form or style.
5. an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance
6. having or representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system.
8. ancient trade routes that connected Eurasia and parts of North Africa
10. a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer