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Italian artist and scientist
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci
Technique to make paintings more realistic and three-dimensional
What is perspective?
Revolutionized the spread of literature; developed by Gutenburg
What is the printing press?
German who developed the printing press
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
Followers of this philosophy studied Greek and Roman Scultpures
What is Humanism?
The language Pre-Renaissance authors used
What is "Pure Latin"?
Italian poet who wrote The Divine Comedy
Who was Dante Alighieri?
Technique of painting in which edges are softened
What is Chiaroscuro?
Common Language of a given area
What is Vernacular?
Italian Sculptor, best known for his sculpture of David
Who was Michelangelo Buonarroti?
He was one of the first scholars to write in vernacular commonly
Who was Petrarch?
English poet, known for plays still popular today
Who was William Shakespeare?