{i} (c. 1350-1600) revival of the arts and learning that began in Italy and spread throughout Europe (most often associated with the works of Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Dante, and Da Vinci)
The 14th century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe over the following two centuries
The period of Western history from about 1453 A D (fall of Constantinople to the Turks) to about 1650 Characterized by a renewal of interest in the pagan cultures of Antiquity (particularly Greece and Rome) and a surge of intellectual, scientific, commercial, and artistic activity Emphasis on the self, the enjoyment of earthly life, exploration, discovery, and empirical methods Followed by the Enlightenment
meaning rebirth, the period in western Europe from the mid fifteenth century onward, characterized by a radical development in the arts, politics and sciences
Latin for "rebirth " Term for the period (1400-1700) when, beginning in Italy, classic Greco-Roman art and architectural sources were tapped again for design inspiration and eventually supplanted the Gothic style throughout Europe The period's massive furniture, at first simple, later became highly ornate and heavily carved
"Rebirth " The era from the mid-15th century to the end of the 16th century The music was charactarized by the use of freer forms, and a progression from modes toward major and minor scales, and harmony
The Renaissance was the period in Europe, especially Italy, in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries, when there was a new interest in art, literature, science, and learning. the Renaissance masterpieces in London's galleries
The period of European history which marks the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Modern History It is usually considered as beginning in Italy in the 14th century and was marked by an interest in Classical scholarship, scientific and geographical discoveries and the growing importance of non-religious studies
If something experiences a renaissance, it becomes popular or successful again after a time when people were not interested in it. Popular art is experiencing a renaissance = revival. a new interest in something, especially a particular form of art, music etc, that has not been popular for a long period renaissance in. (French; "rebirth") Late medieval cultural movement in Europe that brought renewed interest in Classical learning and values. The Renaissance began in Italy during the late 13th century and spread throughout Europe in the 15th century, ending finally in the 16th and early 17th century. Inspired by the works of ancient Greece and Rome, Renaissance artists produced painting and sculpture based on the observation of the visible world and practiced according to mathematical principles of balance, harmony, and perspective. The new aesthetic tenets found expression in the works of such Italian artists as Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, and Michelangelo, and the city of Florence became the centre of Renaissance art. In the world of letters, humanists such as Desiderius Erasmus rejected religious orthodoxy in favour of the study of human nature, and such writers as Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio in Italy, François Rabelais in France, and William Shakespeare in England produced works that emphasized the intricacies of human character. The term has also been applied to cultural revivals in England in the 8th century, the Frankish kingdoms in the 9th century, and Europe in the 12th century. See also Renaissance architecture. American Renaissance New England Renaissance Arabic literary renaissance Chicago literary renaissance Harlem Renaissance Irish literary renaissance Renaissance Party Renaissance architecture Welsh literary renaissance
The Renaissance in Europe was the golden age of a polyphonic choral music created by the first significant group of great composers, a group that included Jospquin des Prez, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Giovanni Gabrieli This was also an age of humanism, optimism, and reform Artists and scholars expanded their interests into secular society, and patronage of the arts began to shift from the church to the courts Developments that were important in shaping Western culture occurred during the Renaissance The art of printing books, perfected by Gutenberg in the fifteenth century, soon led to the dissemination of printed music and books about music
In architecture, of the revival of Greek and Roman architectural principles and their reinterpretation, beginning in Italy during 15th and 16th centuries
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
lit "rebirth"; the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe from the 14th to the 17th centuries, based in large measure on the resurgence of the study of Greek and Roman culture
An era and style in art history beginning in Rome Italy, and spreading through Europe from 1450- 1600 This was a period following the dark ages of intense revival in all areas of math, science, arts, and humanities It is often refereed to as the rebirth of the classics, as the participants looked to the texts and monuments of the Greco-Roman civilizations for inspiration and direction
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
The transitional movement in Europe between medieval and modern times beginning in the 14th century in Italy, lasting into the 17th century, and marked by a humanistic revival of classical influence expressed in a flowering of the arts and literature and by the beginnings of modern science
- the style of art and the name of the time period from about 1300 to 1600 that was characterized by a revival of the Classical influence and vigorous aesthetic and intellectual activities; see periods
At the beginning of the 15th century artists in Florence Italy were influenced by the humanistic culture of Graeco-Roman artists, writers and philosophers This began a return to proportion, symmetry and classical art compositions The renaissance became an attempt to challenge the elongated Gothic style Architectural changes in proportion and a system of perspective was based on a single vanishing point rejected the Gothic emphasis on decoration Renaissance painting used perspective to depict bodies on the two dimensions of canvas, panels or walls as if they were set in a three dimensional space Human figures became the subject of anatomical study, allowing realistic faces and bodies Portraiture became very popular during this time
"Rebirth " The era from the mid-15th century to the end of the 16th century The music was characterized by the use of freer forms, and a progression from modes toward major and minor scales, and harmony