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| person who provides financial support for the arts |
patron |
| intellectual movement at the heart of the renaissance that focused on wordly views rather than religious issues |
humanism |
| study of subjects taught in the ancient Greece and Rome, such as grammar, rhetoric poetry, and history |
humanities |
| artistic technique used to give drawings and paintings a three-dimensional effect |
perspective |
| art form in which an artist etches a design on a metal plate with acid and then uses the plate to make multiple prints |
engraving |
| everyday language of ordinary people |
vernacular |
| ideal society |
utopia |
| in the roman catholic church, pardon for sins committed during a persons lifetime |
indulgence |
| give up ones views or beliefs |
recant |
| idea that god long ago determined who will gain salvation |
predestination |
| government run by religious leaders |
theocracy |
| cancel or invalidate |
annul |
| recognize one as a saint |
canonize |
| acceptable middle ground |
compromise |
| person, group, or thing forced to take the blame for the crimes or mistakes of others |
scapegoat |
| seperate section of a city where members of a minority group are forced to live |
ghetto |
| based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe |
heliocentric |
| possible explanation |
hypothesis |
| painstaking method used to confirm findings and to prove or disprove a hypothesis |
scientific method |
| force that tends to pull on mass of object toward another |
gravity |