The Renaissance
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| Renaissance | The period in Europe between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries that saw a rebirth of art. literature and learning
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| City-States | Cities in Italy in the fifteenth century which ruled themselves and were very wealthy, e.g. Milan, Florence
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| Patron | A wealthy person who supported artists by commissioning paintings and scultures
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| Anatomy | The study of the structure of humans, animals and plants
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| Perspective | A technique to show space and distance between objects in a painting.
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| Vanishing Point | The point in a painting from where all lines of perspective come.
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| Fresco | A method of painting directly onto wet plaster.
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| Philosophy | The study of how and why people exist in the world.
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| Botany | The study of plants.
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| Sfumato | A painting technique that blurs lines to create a 'smoky' effect.
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| Dissected | To cut open a corpse (dead body) in order to examine it.
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| Dome | A rounded roof built on a circular base.
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| Engraving | Sketches on copper plate
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| Vernacular | The everyday language of people in each country.
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| Telescope | A magnifying lens invented in 1608 by Jan Lippershey
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| Humanism | an interest in the lives of people.
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| Inquisition | A special court set up to question and punish those who questioned the beliefs of the Church
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| Bloodletting | An ancient "cure" of cutting a sick person's body to release 'bad blood'.
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