Vocabulary: (The Renaissance and the Reformation)

-Humanism: a new way of understanding the world developed in the 15th and 16th centuries.
-Renaissance: a change in thought led to a new cultural movement based on classical secular art.
-Protestant reformation: in this period, people began to criticise the corruption and abuses of the Catholic Church. This unrest led to a reform movement.
-Patron: is someone who gives money and support to a person or organisation and their
 activities.
-Perspective: the technique that gives paintings a three dimensional character.
-Printing press: a machine invented in the 15th century for producing text and images in large quantities.
- Protestant: a member of the Christian church that broke from the Catholic Church during the Reformation.
-Reformation: the movement to reform the Catholic Church that led to the Protestant  churches in the 16th century.