A city in the Tuscany region of northern Italy that was the center of the Italian Renaissance.

A powerful banking family who ruled Florence in the 1400s, patrons of the arts.

Using wealth to support arts and learning.

She helped spread Renaissance ideas and art into France when she was wed to Prince Henry of France

Domed cathedral in Florence

This is where the Pope holds service and is part of what is today Vatican City

A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity

a point of view from which different things are viewed, the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance

artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy

Florentine sculptor and painter and architect

A Catholic church in Vatican City, Italy. Its ceiling was painted by the Renaissance artist Michelangelo.

Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect

a person with many talents or areas of knowledge.

a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)

German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)