week 17

the renaissance was a period of creativity in art, writing, and lasted from 1300 to 1600. humanism is an intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements. secular means to be worldly rather than spiritually concerned with here and now. patrons are people who suport artists financially and were renaissance merchants and wealthy families. a prespective is techneque used by painters that shows three dimensions on a flat surface. vernacular was a native language used by  dante which was italian. some of the characteristics of men were that they were expected to create art, and were refered to as universal men if they excelled in many feilds. renaisance women were supposed to inspire art, know the classics, and be charming. the city states of italy helped with the renaissance because the survivors of the middle ages wanted to revive the past and while they did that they devoloped new things like the importance of an individual. the church leaders beutified rome and spent large amounts of money for art.