Renaissance Vocabulary

relating to trade or commerce (the activity of buying and selling)

• mercantile

• vernacular

• picaresque

• renaissance

French word meaning “rebirth.” It refers to a period in European civilization that was marked by a revival of Classical learning and wisdom.

• patron

• utopia

• satire

• renaissance

someone who gives money or other support to a person

• sonnet

• mercantile

• satire

• patron

a cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought

• humanism

• secularism

• individualism

• linear perspective

any movement in society directed away from otherworldliness to life on earth

• humanism

• secularism

• individualism

• linear perspective

everyday spoken language

• censor

• vernacular

• patron

• satire

the belief in the importance of the individual as opposed to the larger community

• humanism

• secularism

• individualism

• linear perspective

an imaginary, ideal place

• patron

• utopia

• satire

• sonnet

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues

• patron

• censor

• satire

• sonnet

an art form in which an artist etches a design on a metal plate with a needle and acid

• picaresque

• censor

• utopia

• engraving