| A | B |
| Humanism | people can progress with education. They are naturally good. |
| Patronage | Supporting through payment. |
| Brunelleschi | inventor of linear perspective |
| Florence | Birthplace of the Renaissance |
| Statue of David | Made by Michaelangelo to show the arrogance of Florence |
| Savonarola | Preached against the secular influence of the Medici |
| Raphael | Painter of Madonnas |
| Classicism | Interest in ancient Roman and Greek subjects. |
| Printing press | Reduced the cost of books |
| Machiavellli | First writer of politics. Wrote The Prince. |
| Secularism | Those things which are outside the church. |
| Leonardo da Vinci | A "Renaissance Man" |
| Lorenzo de Medici | Took chances on artists who were different, but talented. |
| Renaissance painters and sculptors: | gave great attention to anatomy they learned from dissections. |
| Renaissance art reflected the humanist interest in: | individual acheivement |
| About 70% of all Renaissance artists: | knew each other. |
| Sfumato | technique of creating smokiness, blurriness |
| Chiarascuro | technique of light against dark for dramatic effect |
| Giorgio Vasari | wrote "fan book" of artists and sculptors |
| Botticelli's La Primavera | is full of fantasy, non religious |
| For the first time in painting during the Renaissance | recognisable faces |
| Medieval builders | did not have the formula for concrete |
| the government of Florence was | a republic, but often operated as a dictatorship under family rule |