What does renaissance mean?

Answer 1

Renaissance is a program that recognizes children for their academic achievements

Answer 2

In the traditional view, the Renaissance was understood as a historical age in Europe that followed the Middle Ages and preceded the Reformation, spanning roughly the 14th through the 16th century.

The Italian Renaissance of the 15th century represented a reconnection of the west with classical antiquity, the absorption of knowledge (particularly mathematics), a focus on the importance of living well in the present (Renaissance humanism), and an explosion of the dissemination of knowledge brought on by the advent of printing. In addition, the creation of new techniques in art, poetry, and architecture led in turn to a radical change in the style and substance of the arts and letters. The Italian Renaissance was often labeled as the beginning of the Modern Age, or the Early Modern.

Present day historians are skeptical about excessive claims for the modernity of the period and the common assumption that previous centuries were in some way "darker", viewing the Renaissance as a cultural program or movement based on humanism and the classics rather than an entire historical age

The term Renaissance (rebirth, Rinascimento in Italian), as used to indicate the flourishing of artistic and scientific activities beginning in Italy in the mid 1300s, first appears in the Vite, published in 1550 by Italian artist Giorgio Vasari. It is the French word for the Italian rinascita, used by French historian Jules Michelet, and expanded upon by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt (both in the 1860s). Rebirth refers to both a rediscovery of ancient classical texts and learning, and to the widespread revitalization of European culture resulting from the application of this classical knowledge in the arts and sciences. Thus Renaissance can refer to this rebirth of classical learning and knowledge or to the ensuing rebirth of European culture.

Answer 3

Renaissance originates from the french language meaning rebirth

Answer 4

Renaissance effectively means rebirth / revival.

Renaissance was given that name because it was the period (14th to 16th cent. approximately) when the appreciation of ancient writers, philosophy, science etc was revived - hence the name. The Renaissance had other characteristics as well, namely humanism, dissemination of knowledge, the printing press etc.

Answer 5

It means "re-birth" or "revival". It is a period in history that came after the Middle Ages and preceded the Reformation. To get a better idea, look at paintings. In the Middle ages, they were all based on religious themes. Painters were not allowed to paint anything other than religous scenes. In the Renaissance period, art changed dramatically and painters were freer to express their art. It was like a revolution of the strict, religious conservatism of the period. A revival of ideas.

Answer 6

The term Renaissance (rebirth, Rinascimento in Italian), as used to indicate the flourishing of artistic and scientific activities beginning in Italy in the mid 1300s, first appears in the Vite, published in 1550 by Italian artist Giorgio Vasari. It is the French word for the Italian rinascita, used by French historian Jules Michelet, and expanded upon by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt (both in the 1860s). Rebirth refers to both a rediscovery of ancient classical texts and learning, and to the widespread revitalization of European culture resulting from the application of this classical knowledge in the arts and sciences. Thus Renaissance can refer to this rebirth of classical learning and knowledge or to the ensuing rebirth of European culture.

Answer 7

It's French for re-birth; you know it's French because the Renaissance occured mainly in Italy and we're just kooky like that.

Answer 8

Renaissance, or REVIVAL OF LEARNING, was a period in European cultural history that began in Italy around1400 and lasted there until the end of the 16th century; elsewhere in Europe it flourished later, lasting until the 17th century.

Answer 9

The original meaning was rebirth, renewal, revival. It was used to describe periods in history where there were numerous advances made in sciences and the arts.
Today it is also used to refer back to those periods.

Answer 10

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.

The revival of learning and culture.