| A | B |
|---|
| Renaissance | "rebirth" of classical knowledge, "birth" of the modern world, led to changes in art, learning and views of the world; from 1300 - 1600 |
| Humanism | focus on human potential and achievements |
| secular | concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters |
| patrons | people who financially support artists |
| vernacular | use of native language instead of classical Latin |
| Michelangelo | Renaissance artist who painted the Sistine Chapel and sculpted the statue of David |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Renaissance artist who painted The Last Supper and Mona Lisa |
| literature | the art of written works |
| Shakespeare | Renaissance writer, famous for his literary work in sonnets, plays and essays |
| Erasmus | Renaissance thinker, who was famous for his intellectual ideas and the development of Humanism |
| maritime | related to the sea |
| Trans-Saharan | across the Saharan Desert in Africa |
