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The Renaissance -
Europe's rebirth
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Renaissance | Means "rebirth". The years from about 1350 to 1550 in European history are called the Renaissance because there was a rebirth of interest in art and learning. |
| classical | knowledge and accomplishments of Greek and Roman civilizations. |
| humanism | a belief that the individual and human society are important. |
| chiaroscuro | a technique that adds drama to a painting by adding softened edges made by using light and shadows instead of stiff outlines to separate objects. |
| fresco | painting on wet plaster with watercolor paint |
| perspective | a method that makes a drawing or painting look three-dimensional |
| cartography | the study of maps |
| anatomy | the study of the human body |
| astronomy | the study of other planets and objects in space |
| city-state | a city that is its own country |
| secular | more interested in this world than in religion and getting to heaven |
| vernacular | the everyday language people speak in a region |
| monastery | a place where religious people like monks live together. |
| clergy | leaders of the church |
| reason | the power of thinking |
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