Renaissance Vocabulary

Artistic techniques used to give the effect of 3D to 2D surfaces.

Intellectual movement of the Renaissance based on the study of the humanities.

A change to a lower state or level.

A member of the middle class who lived in a city or town.

A form of government in which the leader is not a king and certain citizens have right to vote.

Having a distinctive quality or form. 

Painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints.

A soldier who fights primarily for pay.

A determining condition.

To influence or control.

The language of everyday speech in a particular region.

Basic or essential part.

To gain or achieve.