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Ren. words
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| considerable | in large amount or number. |
| rural | relating to the countryside. |
| create | to make something exist. |
| proportion | relation within apart of a whole. |
| reform | to improve by making changes to something. |
| reveal | to show something that was previously hidden. |
| energy | ability. to be active without being tired. |
| divine | having the qualities of god or coming from god. |
| mercantile | related to commerce or trade. |
| patron | someone who gives money or support groups. |
| Lorenzo de Medici | spent large sums of money on artistic and architectural projects |
| humanism | was a cultural movement of the renaissance.. |
| secularism | this was the view that religion need not be the center of hum. affairs |
| vernacular | or every day spoken language of the people. |
| Niccolo Machiavelli | the prince was a highly influential work of political thought . |
| individualism | this is the belief in the importance of the individual . |
| Thomas more | he is best known for a book labeled utopia. |
| utopia | an imaginary ideal place. |
| Desiderius erasmus | a dutch scholar who embraced the idea of Jesus. |
| satire | a piece of writing that attacks vice or folly |
| Francois rebelias | was a monk doctor scholar and author |
| Johann Gutenberg | invented the metal type |
| censor | means to remove material from published work |
| linear perspective | this is a mathematical system for representing three dimensional space |
| leornardo de vinci | was one of true geniuses in the renaissance |
| michelangelo | he was a painter sculptor and architect |
| dante alighieri | writer that was born in the late 1200 |
| william shakespear | was considered the best playwright er |
| migual de cervantes | made important contribution to world literature |
| sonnet | a poem with fourteen lines |