Patron- someone who supports the arts, gives money to artists
illuminated manuscript- a manuscript with initials or borders
relic- object from historical time
The art<span> of the </span>Renaissance<span> is characterized by realism. ... In the high </span>Renaissance<span>, from 1475 to 1525, artists including Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo focused on space and perspective to lend more realism to </span>art<span>.</span>
Short/simple answer: because it was forbidden to picture or sculpt anything figurative (i.e. representing a being or object). Figurative art could be wrongly interpreted as a depiction of Allah and worshipped instead of Him, and that would be considered idolatry.
