UNIT 2: VOCABULARY

ANTHROPOCENTRISM: a belief that humans are the most important in the universe.

CINQUECENTO: the High Renaissance of the 16th century, when Rome was leading centre of art and learning.

CUPOLA/DOME: the upper part of a building or structure shaped like a half-sphere.

HELIOCENTRISM: the theory that the Earth moves around the sun.

HERRERIAN: an austere architectural style, called Herreriano in Spain after the Spanish architect Juan de Herrera.

PLATERESQUE: a type of decoration introduced during the Spanish Renaissance.

QUATTROCENTO: the Renaissance in the 15th century, when Florence was leading centre of art and learning.

RENAISSANCE: a great cultural movement that began in Italy in the 15th century and then spread to the rest of Europe.