The Renaissance - Macey LeBlanc

1. Famous playwright, wrote Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet.
4. What does Renaissance literally translate to?
9. What culture did the people of the Renaissance compare their culture with?
12. Famous Renaissance family who started as bankers, then became rulers.
14. Today, the Renaissance is considered a ___ movement.
15. Artist who painted Ghent Altarpiece.
19. An artistic technique used to paint architectural features.
20. Cultural movement that revived interest in and a rebirth of classical learning.
21. Inventor of the printing press.
24. Man who helped promote the expansion of trade and inspired people to travel.
25. famous artist who painted and sculpted biblical figures, helped design St. Peter’s Basilica.
27. Northern artists painted on canvas with this material.
28. Artistic technique that uses distortion/reduction.
30. One of William Shakespeare’s tragic plays.

2. An artistic technique used to create depth and illusion in an art piece.
3. Used his paintings as a way to criticize the intolerance and cruelty he saw around him.
5. What culture did the people of the Renaissance compare their culture with?
6. Member of the Medici family, who became a great patron and helped Florence’s art awakening.
7. Man who criticized fasting, pilgrimages, and ridiculed superstition
8. Today, the Renaissance is considered a ___ movement.
10. Man who wrote The Prince.
11. Wrote about the power of the pen and writing.
13. One of the first people to use printed illustrations in books.
16. Wrote about how to become a perfect gentleman.
17. How many artistic techniques were created in the Renaissance?
18. Famous artist, writer, scientist, and mathematician, who painted The Last Supper.
22. A book written about how to become a great political ruler.
23. One of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous works.
26. Published Utopia, a book that shows the characteristics of an ideal society.
29. The Renaissance began in this major trade city.