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| basilica | a Christian church with a rectangular building and a domed ceiling at one end. |
| Leonardo da Vinci | a Renaissance man who painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. |
| Michelangelo | Renaissance man who painted biblical scenes on the Sistine Chapel. |
| Raphael | Renaissance painter of the School of Athens. |
| Renaissance | from the Latin word for rebirth, a major cultural movement that began in Italy in the 1300s and spread throughout Europe. |
| humanism | focus on the talents and strengths of the individual in the optimistic belief that humans can improve their society. |
| Erasmus | important Renaissance thinker |
| Dante | great Renaissance writer |
| Giotto | Renaissance painter |
| Ghiberti | Renaissance artist |
| patron | an individual who sponsors arts and learning generally or the particular artisitic endeavors of an individual |
| galley | Venetian ship propelled by oars and sails. |
| Florence | "flower" of the Renaissance. Center of culture. |
| Venice | leader in commerce |
| Medici | banking family who controlled Florence |
| Lorenzo the Magnificent | made Florence a center for artists |
| printing press | machine used to make multiple copies of typeset information by pressing sheets of paper against a body of type |
| Johann Gutenberg | printing press inventor |
| Vesalius | physician who wrote about and drew illustrations of the human body |
| Nicolaus Copernicus | said that the sun is the center of the universe |
