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| The revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries |
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| An outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems |
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| Denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis |
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| A person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity |
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| The art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point |
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| The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region |
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| An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More |
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| Shakespeare: English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616) |
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| Gutenberg: German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468) |
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