A | B |
Renaissance | The rebirth of art, literature, and learning in Europe in the 1500s |
Humanism | Interest of human beings rather than religious ideas |
Patron | A wealthy person who supports artist |
sculptor | A person who makes stautes out of marble |
astronomy | The study of stars, planets |
theory | an explanation of how and why something happens, usually used in science |
Reform | To change of the better |
Protest | To speak out against |
Heretic | A person who is against the teachings of the church |
Copernicus | Believed that the earth revolves around the sun |
DaVinci | Renaissance Man |
Martin Luther | Monk who started the Reformation |
Guthenberg | Invented the Printing Press |
Galileo | First to use the telescope |
Pieta | Statue of Mary and Jesus |
Medici | Wealthy family who started the Renaissance |
Jesuits | Society of Jesus |
Michelangelo | Famous Italian sculptor and painter |