Artefact Chapter 8

True or false: one effect of the printing press was the decline of Latin.

The movable type printing press was invented in 1450 by…

Who wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets?

This technique involved blurring or smudging lines and colours to create a 'smoky' effect.

True or false: Galileo Galilei was burned at the stake.

A wealthy person who commissioned an artist to produce a work of art was called

Medical treatments improved considerably when doctors began to investigate what?

True or false: Medieval artists used perspective to create depth and distance in a painting.

True or false: the word 'Renaissance' means 'rebirth'.

The idea that human beings should be at the centre of everything is known as…