Definition of Renaisance
Renaissance, the name given to the revolution in literature and art
in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries, caused by the revival of
the study of ancient models in the literature and art of Greece and Rome,
especially the former, and to the awakening in the cultured classes of
the free and broad humanity that inspired them, an epoch which marks the
transition from the rigid formality of mediæval to the enlightened
freedom of modern times.
- Wikipedia
||Re*nais`sance" (F. re-n&asl;`säNs"; E.
r&esl;-nās"sans), n. [F., fr.
renaître 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 mediæval ideas by the light of
classic arts and letters. J. A. Symonds (Encyc.
Brit.).
||Re*nais`sance" (F. re-n&asl;`säNs"; E.
r&esl;-nās"sans), n. [F., fr.
renaître 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 mediæval ideas by the light of
classic arts and letters. J. A. Symonds (Encyc.
Brit.).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Renaissance- The 14th century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe.
- The period of this revival; the transition from medieval to modern times.
- Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.
- Of, or relating to the Renaissance.
- Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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