Chapter 17 Sections 1&2 Vocab Quiz

The everyday language of a people in a region or a country.

Famous English writer of the Elizabethan age & arguably the greatest playwright of all time.

A person who supports artists, especially financially.

Book by Sir Thomas Moore that described the ideal society without greed, corruption & war.

Inventor of the first printing press with movable type which increased the production of books.

An intellectual movement that studied classical readings on human potential & achievement.

A true Renaissance man, he was a scientist, painter, sculptor, botanist, anatomist & inventor.

Northern Renaissance artists that produced outstanding woodcuts and engravings.

Florentine author of political guidebook called The Prince that was intended to help rulers.

Artistic technique that creates the appearance of a 3 dimensions on a flat surface.

Focusing on worldly matters rather than spiritual matters.

The "ideal person" man or woman during the Renaissance.

Genius architect, painter & sculptor who painted the Sistine Chapel & sculpted David.

Sculptor who revolutionized the art of the time by producing freestanding sculptures.

Politically powerful, wealthy merchant family from Florence who were also patrons of the arts.

Term meaning the rebirth of the interest in the arts & education of ancient Greece & Rome.