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Renaissance

Renaissance Meaning & Definition
Renaissance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Renaissance?

[n] the revival of learning and culture
[n] the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries

Synonyms | Synonyms for Renaissance: rebirth | renascence

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See Also | High Renaissance | historic period | history | quattrocento | resurgence | revitalisation | revitalization | revival | revivification

Renaissance In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*nais`sance"\ (F. re-n[asl]`s[aum]Ns"; E. r[-e]-n[=a]s"sans), n. [F., fr. rena[^i]tre to be born again. Cf. {Renascence}.] A new birth, or revival. Specifically: (a) The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries. (b) The style of art which prevailed at this epoch. The Renaissance was rather the last stage of the Middle Ages, emerging from ecclesiastical and feudal despotism, developing what was original in medi[ae]val ideas by the light of classic arts and letters. --J. A. Symonds (Encyc. Brit.).

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