亚洲网紅露点

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Renaissance

[ ren-uh-sahns, -zahns, -sahns, ren-uh-sahns, -zahns, -sahns; especially British ri-ney-suhns ]

noun

  1. the Ren路ais路sance,
    1. the great revival of classical art, literature, and learning in Europe from the 14th century to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.
    2. the period during which this revival occurred.
  2. the forms and treatments in art, architecture, literature, etc., used in Europe from the 14th century to the 17th century and involving a revival of classical forms:

    This building is considered the most beautiful example of Renaissance north of the Alps.

  3. Sometimes 谤别苍路补颈蝉路蝉补苍肠别. any notable revival in the world of art and learning:

    The period from 1917 to 1923, which in China saw the New Culture Movement at its height, has been called by some the Chinese Renaissance.

  4. 谤别苍路补颈蝉路蝉补苍肠别, a renewal of life, vigor, interest, etc.; rebirth; revival:

    鈥淏ritish film is undergoing its own renaissance right now,鈥 said the festival鈥檚 director.

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adjective

  1. relating to the period, arts, literature, and ways of thinking of the European Renaissance from the 14th to the 17th century:

    Renaissance attitudes helped bring about a scientific revolution.

  2. relating to furnishings or decorations in or imitating the style of the Renaissance, in which motifs of classical derivation frequently appear.
  3. Architecture.
    1. relating to a group of architectural styles that evolved in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries, adapting ancient Roman details or forms to contemporary uses while retaining an emphasis on symmetry, mathematical precision, and a general effect of simplicity and tranquility.
    2. relating to any of the adaptations of this group of styles in foreign architecture that make playful or grotesque use of isolated details in more or less traditional buildings.

Renaissance

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/ 藞r蓻n蓹藢s蓲ns; r蓹藞ne瑟s蓹ns /

noun

  1. the Renaissance
    the period of European history marking the waning of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world: usually considered as beginning in Italy in the 14th century
    1. the spirit, culture, art, science, and thought of this period. Characteristics of the Renaissance are usually considered to include intensified classical scholarship, scientific and geographical discovery, a sense of individual human potentialities, and the assertion of the active and secular over the religious and contemplative life
    2. ( as modifier ) See also Early Renaissance High Renaissance

      Renaissance writers

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, characteristic of, or relating to the Renaissance, its culture, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

renaissance

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/ r蓹藞ne瑟s蓹ns; 藞r蓻n蓹藢s蓲ns /

noun

  1. a revival or rebirth, esp of culture and learning
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Renaissance

  1. The cultural rebirth that occurred in Europe from roughly the fourteenth through the middle of the seventeenth centuries, based on the rediscovery of the literature of Greece and Rome . During the Renaissance, America was discovered, and the Reformation began; modern times are often considered to have begun with the Renaissance. Major figures of the Renaissance include Galileo , William Shakespeare , Leonardo da Vinci , and Michelangelo . Renaissance means 鈥渞ebirth鈥 or 鈥渞eawakening.鈥
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Notes

The term renaissance is often used to describe any revival or rediscovery.
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补苍路迟颈-搁别苍路补颈蝉路蝉补苍肠别 adjective
  • 辫辞蝉迟-搁别苍路补颈蝉路蝉补苍肠别 adjective
  • 辫谤别-搁别苍路补颈蝉路蝉补苍肠别 adjective
  • 辫谤辞-搁别苍路补颈蝉路蝉补苍肠别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Renaissance1

First recorded in 1830鈥40; from French, Middle French: 鈥渞ebirth,鈥 equivalent to renaiss- (stem of renaistre 鈥渢o be born again,鈥 from Latin 谤别苍腻蝉肠墨, from re- re- + 苍腻蝉肠墨 鈥渢o be born鈥) + -ance -ance
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Renaissance1

C19: from French, from Latin re- + 苍补蝉肠墨 to be born

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