slovo | definícia |
renaissance (mass) | renaissance
- renesancia |
renaissance (encz) | renaissance,obnova Pavel Machek |
renaissance (encz) | renaissance,renesance Pavel Machek |
renaissance (encz) | Renaissance,renesanční adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Renaissance (gcide) | Renaissance \Re*nais`sance"\ (F. re-n[asl]`s[aum]Ns"; E.
r[-e]-n[=a]s"sans), n. [F., fr. rena[^i]tre 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.
[1913 Webster]
The Renaissance was rather the last stage of the
Middle Ages, emerging from ecclesiastical and
feudal despotism, developing what was original in
mediaeval ideas by the light of classic arts and
letters. --J. A.
Symonds
(Encyc.
Brit.).
[1913 Webster] |
renaissance (wn) | Renaissance
n 1: 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
[syn: Renaissance, Renascence]
2: the revival of learning and culture [syn: rebirth,
Renaissance, Renascence] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
renaissance (mass) | renaissance
- renesancia |
renaissance (encz) | renaissance,obnova Pavel Machekrenaissance,renesance Pavel MachekRenaissance,renesanční adj: Zdeněk Brož |
harlem renaissance (wn) | Harlem Renaissance
n 1: a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in
art and music and literature flourished |
high renaissance (wn) | High Renaissance
n 1: the artistic style of early 16th century painting in
Florence and Rome; characterized by technical mastery and
heroic composition and humanistic content |
italian renaissance (wn) | Italian Renaissance
n 1: the early period when Italy was the center of the
Renaissance |
renaissance (wn) | Renaissance
n 1: 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
[syn: Renaissance, Renascence]
2: the revival of learning and culture [syn: rebirth,
Renaissance, Renascence] |
renaissance man (wn) | Renaissance man
n 1: a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than
superficial knowledge about many different interests; "a
statistician has to be something of a generalist" [syn:
Renaissance man, generalist] [ant: specialiser,
specialist, specializer]
2: a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was
limited) could know almost everything about many topics |
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