Renaissance Vocab

Renaissance

• means "rebirth" and refers to the period that followed Middle Ages, renewed interest in classical era

• a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s, resulted in the creation of a branch of Christianity called Protestantism

• refers to the resurrection of modern-day science, when developments in various branches of studies, completely transformed the way of doing many things.

• sometimes called the Age of Discovery, officially began in the early 15th century and lasted through the 17th century, characterized as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of new trading routes, wealth, and knowledge.

a fee that borrowers pay for the use of someone else's money

• principal

• dividend

• tax

• interest

the study of humanities (history, literature, art, and public speaking) led to this new way of thinking

• enlightenment

• humanism

• Protestantism

• Catholicism

people like the Medici family in Florence who made loans and grew wealthy from interest

• bankers

• painters

• patrons

• scholars

people who buy art, such as the wealthy, banking Medici family, which provided incentive for artists to create art

• patrons of the arts

• science supporters

• art dealers

• guild members

a method for showing a three-dimensional scene on a flat surface so it looks real

• reflection
• perspective
• distortion
• illusion

how a civilization makes money through buying and selling of goods and services

• economy

• manorialism

• feudalism

• renaissance

invented by Johann Gutenberg, it used movable type to print

• typewriter

• photocopier

• printing press

• fax machine

an educated person who has knowledge in a particular subject

• novice

• scholar

• amateur

• beginner

a person who writes plays

• director
• playwright
• actor
• composer