Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution Vocabulary

A great flowering of culture, based on classical Greek and Roman ideas and art, that began in Italy and spread throughout Europe.

• Renaissance

• Reformation

• Scientific Revolution

• Humanities

Art influenced by the styles and techniques of ancient Greece and Rome.

• Renaissance Art

• Medieval Art

• Classical Art

• Humanism

An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.

• City-State

• Diplomacy

• Mercenary

• United States

Areas of study that focus on human life and culture, such as history, literature, and ethics.

• Classics

• Humanities

• Individualism

• History

an Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance.

• Florence

• Rome

• Venice

• Tuscany

Relating to earthly life rather than to religious or spiritual matters.

• Secular

• Worldliness

• Humanism

• Renaissance

A soldier who fights for money rather than loyalty to a country.

• Army

• Military

• Mercenary

• Diplomacy

A way of showing the relationship between objects in a drawing to give the look of depth or distance.

• Perspective

• Depth

• Realism

• Renaissance

Conducting negotiations between countries.

• Diplomacy

• Mercenary

• City-State

• Humanism

An emphasis on worldly concerns; belief in the worth of the individual and that reason is the path to knowledge.

• Secular

• Humanism

• Classics

• Renaissance