Chapter 15
Vernacular
the language of everyday speech in a particular region
Attain
to gain or achieve
Dominate
to influence or control
Style
having a distinctive quality or form
Fresco
painting done on fresh wet plaster with water based paints
Mercenary
a soldier who fights primarily for pay
Decline
a change to a lower state or level
Circumstance
a determining condition
Republic
a form of government in which the leader is not a king and certain citizens have the right to vote
Burgher
a member of the middle class who lived in a city or town
Humanism
an intellectual movement of the Renaissance based on the study of the humanities, which included grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history
Perspective
artistic techniques used to give the effect of three dimensional surfaces
Core
basic or essential part