Renaissance Politics
A soldier who has no allegiance to a particular country, but fights primarily for payment.
A Mercenary
Period of time in European history when Greek and Roman classics were rediscovered and a greater emphasis was placed on education and learning.
The Renaissance
Artistic techniques used to give the effect of three-dimensional depth to two-dimensional surfaces.
Perspective
A member of the middle class who lived in a city or town.
Burgher
The growing middle class began to demand written material in this language.
The Vernacular
A painting done on fresh, wet plaster.
A Fresco
Soldiers fighting for this country sacked Rome when they were not paid.
Spain
A _______'s chief role in Renaissance Italy was to raise children.
A Mother
Artists of the _____ ___________ attempted to create realistic art by creating intricately detailed paintings.
Northern Renaissance
Italian city state that gained enormous wealth by controlling trade with the Middle East.
Venice
This Italian Renaissance writer stressed that the end justifies the means in his writings.
Niccolò Machiavelli
Skilled painter who considered himself to be primarily an inventor.
Leonardo DaVinci
The name of the head of a powerful merchant family in Renaissance Florence.
Cosimo de’ Medici
Writer of The Divine Comedy and proponent of writing in the vernacular.
Dante Alighieri
Painter of the Northern Renaissance.
Jan van Eyck