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renaissance Definition

ren·ais·sance (ren′ə säns′, -zäns′; ren′ə säns′, -zäns′; chiefly Brit ri nā′səns)

noun

  1. a new birth; rebirth; renascence
    1. the style and forms of art, literature, architecture, etc. of the Renaissance
    2. any revival of art, literature, or learning similar to the Renaissance

Etymology: Fr < renaître, to be born anew < OFr renestre < re- + VL *nascere, for L nasci, to be born: see genus

adjective

  1. of, characteristic of, or in the style of the Renaissance
  2. designating or of a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between 1400 and 1600, characterized by the revival and adaptation of classical orders and design

renaissance Idioms

the Renaissance

  1. the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th cent., based on classical sources: it began in Italy and spread gradually to other countries and marked the transition from the medieval world to the modern
  2. the period of this revival
renaissance Synonyms

renaissance

n.

rebirth, renewal, reawakening, renascence; see resurrection, revival 1.

renaissance Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • undergo: Weimar Germany from 1924 to 1929 was undergoing a renaissance.
  • herald: The digital age heralds the renaissance of the still image for geography teaching.
  • enjoy: People are always saying " jazz is enjoying a renaissance " or " jazz is dead " .
  • undermine: It threatens to undermine the renaissance now being experienced in some of our urban centers.
  • stimulate: Their aim is to stimulate a greening renaissance in cities around the world.
  • deliver: Delivering an urban renaissance " recently published by the DETR.

Preposition: at

  • moment: Apologies To The Queen Mary ( Sub Pop ) Canadian music seems to be going through something of a renaissance at the moment.

Adjective modifier

  • urban: A real urban renaissance in many of our cities.
  • medieval: Nor can we fully understand medieval renaissance or baroque painting.
  • cultural: This cultural renaissance under the slogan ' away from Moscow ' became the engine of efforts to assert Ukrainian autonomy.
  • remarkable: MP's pensions have enjoyed a truly remarkable renaissance under the current regime.
  • Italian: Let us, by way of example, ask for the causes of the Italian renaissance.
  • dramatic: Of these machines dramatic restaurant renaissance includes a world.

Modifies a noun

  • manuscript: In several areas, such as medieval and renaissance manuscripts, and emblem literature, holdings are of world importance.
  • architecture: Francis I is credited with having brought renaissance architecture from Italy to France.
  • painting: You could say the same of a bunch of bananas, or a renaissance painting or a bag of sand.
  • style: Como's atmospheric medieval quarter is centered on the Duomo, renowned for its elegant melding of gothic and renaissance styles.
  • music: The center of their program is Victoria's Requiem, which is a stunning example of renaissance music at its very best.
  • agenda: Other articles present an example of a collaborative planning process, and review the role of landownership constraints in resisting the urban renaissance agenda.

Noun used with modifier

  • restaurant: Of these machines dramatic restaurant renaissance includes a world.
renaissance Quotes

   I have now reached the point where I can look over the great art of antiquityand its Renaissance.But, for myself, I cannot find anyartistic connection with ourown times. And to want to create something outside of one's own age strikes me as suspect.

—Klee, Paul

In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshedöthey produced Michelangelo, Leonardo daVinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock.

—Welles, (George) Orson

Our whole history inclines us towards the democratic powers.Our renaissance is a logical link between us and the democracies of the west.

—Masaryk,Toma¤  s Garrigue

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

—Fowles,John Robert

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