Editing The Renaissance (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> ==
* '''Renaissance''' — Literally "rebirth" in French; the cultural movement starting in 14th-century Italy.
* '''Humanism''' — A philosophical movement that emphasized human potential, reason, and the study of Greek and Roman classics.
* '''Patronage''' — The financial support given by individuals (like the Medici) or the Church to artists and scholars.
* '''Perspective''' — An artistic technique that creates the illusion of three dimensions on a flat surface.
* '''Printing Press''' — Invented by Johannes Gutenberg c. 1440; revolutionized the spread of ideas.
* '''Reformation''' — A religious movement to reform the Catholic Church, leading to the creation of Protestantism.
* '''The Medici''' — A powerful Italian banking family that ruled Florence and was a major patron of the arts.
* '''Vernacular''' — The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region (e.g., Italian instead of Latin).
* '''Chiaroscuro''' — The use of strong contrasts between light and dark to give the illusion of volume in painting.
* '''Sfumato''' — A painting technique for softening the transition between colors, pioneered by Leonardo da Vinci.
* '''Uomo Universale''' — The "Renaissance Man"; a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas.
* '''Heliocentrism''' — The astronomical model developed during the late Renaissance by Copernicus.
* '''Mannerism''' — A style of art that emerged in the later Renaissance, known for its artificiality and elongated figures.
* '''The Prince''' — Niccolò Machiavelli's 1513 treatise on political realism.
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