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