User:Atcovi/History/Renaissance Terms


 * Renaissance: 1300-1600 AD: A rebirth of art and learning in Europe which celebrated Greek and Roman Heritage
 * Humanism: Renaissance movement that placed importance on human potential, achievement and worth individual have value.
 * Secular: No religion
 * Patron: A person/group which contribute financially to the creation of art including paintings, sculptures, theatres an literature.
 * Perspective: An artist technique that attempts to create the appearance of three dimensions.
 * Vernacular: Ones native everydya language, often the informal version
 * Utopia: A book by Sir Thomas Moore about a society without greed, corruption, war, or crime.
 * Printing Press: An invention created by Johann Gutenberg to print on paper using movable type, this invention made printing of books cheaper, easier, faster which increased literacy rates.
 * Gutenberg Bible: The first full-sized books printed using a movable typing printing press.