Chapter 13: Renaissance and Reformation Vocab Terms

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Intellectual movement central to the Renaissance, emphasizing education and classics.

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humanism

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Study of grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history from ancient Greece and Rome

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humanities

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A person who provides financial support for the arts

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patron

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Artistic technique for a 3D effect in paintings and drawings.

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Perspective

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City in Tuscany, Italy; center of the Renaissance.

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Florence

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Region in northern France, Belgium, Netherlands; key industrial and financial center in Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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Flanders

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City in northern Germany where Luther wrote his 95 theses.

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Wittenberg

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Swiss city-state that invited John Calvin as leader in 1541

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Geneva

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Catholic leaders met 1545-1563 to address Protestant challenges and shape the Church's future.

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Council of Trent

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Art form where an artist etches a design on a metal plate with acid to create prints.

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Engravings