Terms of the Day for September 7

• Renaissance - literally translated “rebirth” - the period of European history in which the rediscovery of classical Greek art, philosophy, and science led to renewed interest in an intense study of the world and the limitless potential of individual human beings.
• Humanism - a philosophy which encompasses a wide range of ethical stances that attach importance to human dignity, concerns, and capabilities, particularly rationality.
• Republic – a form of government in which power resides in the people and the government is ruled by elected leaders run according to established law rather than inherited or appointed (such as through inheritance or divine mandate).
• Guilds – organizations that controlled the training in trade specialties as well as the prices for work done.  Aspiring artists learned the trade as apprentices in the workshop of a certified master. 
• Linear Perspective - A form of perspective in drawing and painting in which parallel lines are represented as converging so as to give the illusion of depth and distance.