New Ideas: The Renaissance

The revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe in the 14th through 16th centuries

• Renaissance

• Humanism

• Reformation

• Lutheranism

A concern with the needs and interests of human beings rather than religious ideas

• Renaissance

• Humanism

• Lutherism

• Heretic

To say that someone has done wrong; to find wrong in something

• Authority

• Theory

• Criticize

• Authority

A person who keeps track of the sun, the planets, and the stars

• Sculpture

• Architect

• Patron

• Astronomer

A piece of art that seems almost perfect

• Masterpiece

• Sculptor

• Patron

• Astronomer

A person who draws plans for buildings

• Astronomer

• Patron

• Sculptor

• Architect

A person who makes statues out of wood, stone, marble, or other material

• Patron

• Sculptor

• Counter-Reformation

• Reformation

A wealthy person who supports artists

• Patron

• Authority

• Heretic

• Inquisition

The Catholic Church's reforms that attempted to fight Protestant belief

• Reformation

• Counter-Reformation

• Lutheranism

• Heretic

An explanation of how and why something happens, usually based on scientific study

• Theory

• Criticize

• Authority

• Protestant