Renaissance - Rebirth of classical learning, Gothic - Style of medieval architecture that features pointed arches and rose windows, Significance - Importance, Architecture - The art of designing buildings, Sfumato - Italian for "smoky", technique used to blend details to look more realistic, Perspective - Artistic technique used to give paintings and drawings a three-dimensional effect, Change - To make or become different, Vernacular - Everyday language of ordinary people, Anatomy - The study of body structure, Patron - Financial supporter of the arts, e.g. Lorenzo de Medici, Humanism - Philosophy that celebrates human cultural achievements and emphasises human reason and ethics, Astronomy - Study of the universe, Fresco - Painting done on wet plaster, Dome - A round, curved roof, e.g. the dome of Florence Cathedral, Leonardo da Vinci - Renaissance Man. Italian painter, sculptor, engineer, scientist and architect. Painter of the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper - Painting completed by da Vinci in a refectory in Milan, Mona Lisa - Famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci which depicts a female with a unique expression on her face, Mirror writing - Writing from right to left, Michelangelo - Florentine sculptor, painter and architect responsible for the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Pieta - A painted or sculpted representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, statue of David - Michelangelo's most famous sculpture. Currently in the Accademia in Florence, Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel - Paintings by Michelangelo depicting scenes from the Old Testament, Galileo - Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars, The Law of Falling Bodies - Objects, regardless of weight, will fall at the same speed, Vesalius - Scientist who began to study anatomy in depth. He is referred as the father of anatomy, William Harvey - English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood, Gutenberg - Inventor of the printing press, Shakespeare - A popular English playwright and poet in the 16th century,

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