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History
chapter 7 | renaissance |
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patron | a person who pays for work of art |
perspective | a way of painting that gives the illusion of space and distance in a picture |
sfumato | a method of painting that makes people look more lifelike by adding shade and colour to the skin |
fresco | a painting done on a wall or ceiling when the plaster is still wet |
humanism | an interest in the lives of people |
vernacular writing | a writer who writes using the common language of the people rather than latin |
anatomy | the study of how the body works |
inquisition | a special court set up to question and punish those who questioned the beliefs of the church |