Renaissance
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- noun
- /ˌrɛnəˈsɑns/
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Renacimiento
- The Renaissance was a time of remarkable advancements in art and science in Europe.
- a cultural renaissance
- an artistic renaissance
- a scientific renaissance
And then we jump backwards in time into the Renaissance with the palace.
- And then we jump backwards in time into the Renaissance with the palace.
- I did a a paper on boy players in the Renaissance.
- It's like, yeah, like, look at any painting from the Renaissance.
- Stoicism became a big thing again through the Renaissance in the early modern period.
- But we get this guy Petrarch, very early Renaissance figure.
- We've, you know, gone through the Renaissance and we are now in the age of science and reason.
- And it persists as a figure of thought into the Renaissance.
- Another cusp moment somewhat later in the Renaissance.
Examples
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The global electric circuit is an old subject that has recently experienced a renaissance.
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The arts assessment will not automatically produce a renaissance in arts education.
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A renaissance of the human spirit?
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This is certainly not a Renaissance statue.
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And then we jump backwards in time into the Renaissance with the palace.
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Their great wealth, helped fuel the Italian renaissance and elevated the family to levels of enormous political power.
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Our town is experiencing a genuine renaissance... ...and we owe it all to Eddie.
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On many of the Chippewa reservations, the dispute produced a renaissance of art and culture.
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Prosperity brought peace, economic development, rapid urbanization, modernized commerce, and an artistic and cultural renaissance.
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With democratization in the late 1980s, Rio de Janeiro began a notable if uneven urban renaissance.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
A period in Europe when art, learning, and ancient Greek and Roman ideas became popular again
Compounds
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A person who has skill and knowledge in many different areas like art and science
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A period in Italy from the 1300s to the 1600s known for great art and new ideas
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A time in the 1920s when Black American art, music, and writing became famous in Harlem, New York
An early 1500s Italian art style known for very skilled, balanced paintings and sculptures showing people
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A 19th-century building and design style based on Italian Renaissance features
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A 19th-century building style using Italian Renaissance forms like columns and arches
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Renaissance comes from the French parts re- 'again' and naissance 'birth', so it literally means 'rebirth'. That's why Renaissance describes the time from the 14th to the 17th century when art, science, and learning were given new life in Europe.