he word "___________________" is a French word that means “_____________.” From about
_________ to ________, a revival of interest in the values and arts of Greece and Rome led to a
golden age of cultural blending and _______________. This Renaissance transformed Western
European life. During this period, Italy was divided into _____________ ruled by prominent families
who were elevated to power through wealth acquired by _______ ________ ___________with the
East. A merchant class emerged to provide goods and services such as _____________to the upper
class. _____________ ______________ and the _____________ _______________began to
commission ___________ and ________________ to create masterpieces that would beautify their
daily existence and remind one of the greatness that was once ___________.
he Renaissance is divided into _________ sections: the ___________ Renaissance and the
__________ Renaissance. In the early period, painters and sculptors such as Giotto, Botticelli, and
_______________ created works that inspired later artists _________________ and ____________
___ ___________. These new ideas spread northward through the ______________
______________and the Renaissance began to flourish in the kingdoms to the _____________ as
well. The ideas continued to____________ _______________. Flemish painters, Pieter
_______________ the Elder, the _______ ___________brothers, and German painter, Albrecht
______________, used the newly invented _________ paint and added another dimension of deep
color to paint. Another dimension followed in the addition of dramatic _____________ and
_________________ called ______________________.
uring the Renaissance, the Western European world image shifted from a _________________
view to a _________________, or_________________, outlook due to the discovery of the “New
World” and new contact with the ancient civilizations further _____________. Renaissance
intellectuals, Sir Thomas More and ______________ of Rotterdam had a growing _______________
in individual __________________ ________________ and _________________. This new
______________ on _____________ ________________ of the __________________ was called
"______________________. " Writers began to use their native ____________________ (called
their vernacular) rather than Latin to express their ideas beyond the upper class. Petrarch, Boccaccio,
and _________________ were the earlier writers who practiced this style. As the Renaissance spread
northward, other writers followed their lead: Cervantes in Spain, Rabelais in France, and the everpopular ______________________of England. The invention of __________________
____________by Johannes Gutenberg (1445) not only facilitated the printing of books, but also
helped to teach the master printers and their apprentices to read and made books much
______________ to purchase, thus spreading Renaissance ideas to the__________________
________________.