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Review the renaissance

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What is a scholar?

A person who specializes in a specific academic subject; an expert

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What is classical literature?

the works of ancient Greek and Roman writers.

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What is an oration?

A public speech

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What is a humanist?

a person who studies or teaches the humanities (literature, history, poetry, speaking)

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What is a manuscript?

a book or document written by hand

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What is rhetoric?

the skill of using words effectively in speaking or writing

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Who was the greatest writer of the English Renaissance?

William Shakespeare

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What era did the European scholars romanticize?

Ancient Greece and Rome

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Why were the European scholars unhappy with the world?

They thought it was less cultured than Greece and Rome

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Where did the Renaissance begin?

Italy

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What is a mason?

A person who builds or works with brick or stone

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What is an apothecary?

a person who prepares and sells medicine

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What is form?

The shape of something

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What is baptistery?

A part of a church used for carrying out the purifying ritual of baptism

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What is commission?

to formally ask for the creation of something, as in a building or a painting

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How were artists just before the Renaissance seen compared to Renaissance artists?

Renaissance artists have a higher status

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