| A | B |
|---|
| Renaissance | Rebirth |
| humanism | A movement that focuses on the beauty and goodness of people and the world. |
| patron | sponsor of arts and learning |
| galley | Venetian ship |
| basilica | Christian church with a rectangular building and a domed ceiling at one end |
| printing press | A device to print pages and books |
| Utopia | Book about a Humanist society-perfect scociety |
| Geoffrey Chaucer | Writer of the Cantebury Tales |
| William Shakespeare | 16th century playwright-Romeo and Juliet |
| Lorenzo Ghiberti | Famous architect |
| Medici Family | Powerful Italian family-interested in the arts and education |
| The Prince | Written by Machiavelli-A book which allows for trickery and violence from a ruler |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Famous artist-painter of Mona Lisa and The Last Supper |
| Sistine Chapel | Chapel in the Vatican-ceiling painted by Michelangelo |
| Jacob Fugger | International Banker |
| Michelangelo Buonarroti | Famous artist- Sculptor of the Pieta- Painter of Sistine Chapel |
| Johann Gutenberg | Inventor of the printing press |
| Dante Alighieri | Early Renaissance writer-Author of The Devine Comedy |
| Erasmus | Renaissance thinker-humanist |
| Sir Thomas More | Author of Utopia- humanist |
