The Renaissance Vocabulary Check

people who buy art, such as the wealthy, banking Medici family, which provided incentive for artists to create art

people like the Medici family who made loans and grew wealthy from interest

How a civilization makes money through the buying and selling of goods and services.

an educated person who often has knowledge in a particular subject

a method of showing a three- dimensional scene on a flat surface so it look real

A playwright is a person who writes plays, such as William Shakespeare.

means rebirth and refers to the period that followed the Middle Ages

invented by Johann Gutenberg, it used movable type (letters on individual blocks) to print

Bankers are a fee that borrowers pay for the use of someone else's money

the idea that an individual had worth and can make valuable contributions outside the group

an ancient era in Rome and Greece when people achieved new heights in art, architecture, and philosophy

the study of humanities (history, literature, art, and public speaking) led to this new way of thinking