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WH - Unit 8

The Renaissance

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Renaissance a period of European history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world.
Humanism a Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.
Secular concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters.
Patron a person who supports artists, especially financially.
Perspective an artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.
Michelangelo Italian Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet; he sculpted the Pietà and the David, and he painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Leonardo da Vinci Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist; his interests and talents spanned numerous disciplines. He painted the Mona Lisa.
Utopia an imaginary land described by Thomas More in his book Utopia—hence, an ideal place.
William Shakespeare English dramatist and poet; he is considered one of the greatest dramatists of all time and wrote such works as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Johann Gutenberg German inventor and printer; he invented movable type. His first printed publication was a 1,282-page Bible.
Vernacular the everyday language of people in a region or country.
Skepticism a philosophy based on the idea that nothing can be known for certain.
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