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The period in Europe between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries that saw a rebirth of art, literature and learning.
A popular belief developed during the Renaissance that involved enjoying life, having personal independence and expressing emotions through art.
Cities in Italy in the fifteenth century which ruled themselves and were very wealthy, e.g. Milan, Florence.
A wealthy person who supported artists by commissioning paintings and sculptures. The study of the structure of humans, animals and plants.
A technique to show space and distance between objects in a painting. The point in a painting from where all lines of perspective come. A method of painting directly onto wet plaster. The study of how and why people exist in the world. The study of plants.
A painting technique that blurs lines to create a ‘smoky’ effect. To cut open a corpse (dead body) in order to examine it. A rounded roof built on a circular base. Sketches on a piece of wood. Sketches on a copper plate.
Method discovered in 1450 of printing books by placing small letters made of metal into a frame which was then pressed onto the paper.
The everyday language of people in each country.
Rhyming poems of 14 lines in length. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. Able to use clever yet dishonest/deceitful ways to achieve a goal.
A magnifying lens invented in 1608 by Jan Lippershey. ✣ By the way
The term renaissance comes from a French word renaistre meaning ‘rebirth’. It was first used by French historian Jules Michelet in 1858, and by Jacob Burckhardt in his book The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy two years later.