About The Word Renaissance
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Renaissance
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Renaissance: 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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