| A | B |
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| Engraving | artist sketches a design on a metal plate with acid |
| Albrecht Durer | he traveled to Italy to study and Through his art and essays he helped spread the Renaissance to Germany He is called the German Leonardo |
| Jan van Eyck | painted townspeople in rich realistic detail They also developed oil paint |
| Francois Rabelais | French humanist who was a monk physician Greek scholar and author he offered opinions on religion education and other subjects in Gargantua and Pantagruel |
| Utopian | ideal society |
| Vernacular | the ordinary language of the people |
| William Shakespeare | English poet who was the towering figure of Renaissance literature who wrote 37 plays that are still performed around the world |
| Miguel de Cervantes | Spanish author who wrote Don Quixote which mocks romantic notions about medieval chivalry |
| Johann Gutenberg | printed the Bible using the first printing press and printing inks |
