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Renaissance
Area where the Crusades were fought.
What is the Middle East?
Device that allowed books and documents to be mass produced in a quick and cheap way.
What is the moveable type printing press?
Another term for culture from ancient Greece and Rome.
What is classic or classical?
City that was the goal of the Crusades.
What is Jerusalem?
The method used to add perspective and depth to a painting.
What is vanishing point?
What is the name of the artwork above the east wall in my classroom that shows perspective and depth?
What is the Last Supper?
The focus on human emotion, achievement and value.
What is humanism?
City that was run by the wealthy Medici family.
What is Florence, Italy?
Many ideas of the Renaissance were re-learned thanks to the work of this group that preserved many Greek and Roman manuscripts and textbooks.
Who are the Muslims?
The author of Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, and Othello, among other famous plays.
Who is William Shakespeare?
A movement toward worldly, not religious, interests.
What is secularism or secular?
City in Italy that floods and has canals and gondolas.
What is Venice, Italy?
Venice had an advantage in trading because they were experienced in building these.
What are trading ships?
What is SoFi Stadium?
A person who pays for artists and works of art.
What is patron or patron of the arts?
Name of the town where the moveable type printing press was invented.
What is Mainz, Germany?
One person working at a printing press could turn out this amount of books in 5 months.
What is 500?
These small boats help people get around Venice.
What are gondolas?