An intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics

• Humanism

• Humanities

• Patron

• Perspective

A person who provided finical support for the arts

• Humanism

• Humanities

• Patron

• Perspective

study of subjects such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history that were taught in ancient Greece and Rome

• Humanism

• Humanities

• Patron

• Perspective

The artistic technique used to give paintings and drawings a three dimensional effect

• Humanism

• Humanities

• Patron

• Perspective

Renaissance painter who blended Christian and classical styles. His famous paintings include one of the Madonna, and "School of Athens," which showed an imaginary gathering of great thinkers, scientists and artists.

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

• Niccolo Machiavelli

Italian artist who sculpted the famous marble statue "David", and painted biblically themed ceiling murals for the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

• Niccolo Machiavelli

An Italian artist considered the ideal Renaissance man due to his varied talents. Worked in botany, anatomy, music, architecture; made sketches of flying machines and undersea boats; created famous paintings such as the Mona Lisa.

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

• Niccolo Machiavelli

Renaissance political philosopher, statesmen and writer. His most famous work was a guide for rulers on how to gain and keep power; entitled "The Prince", it basically stated that the end justifies the means in politics.

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

• Niccolo Machiavelli

A Dutch priest writer, writer and scholar who promoted humanism. He produced a Greek version of the Bible, and called for a translation of the Bible into the vernacular.

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Erasmus

• Sir Thomas More

• Utopian

• Shakespeare

German printer who invented a printing press with movable type. He printed the first complete version of the Bible using his press.

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Erasmus

• Sir Thomas More

• Utopian

• Shakespeare