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'''Renaissance''' is a term used to describe a revival in intellectual or artistic effort. In [[History]], this term is most often used to describe a period in European History between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. However, there have been other periods and places said to under go a renaissance, such as the "Harlem Renaissance" in that Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, which took place in the early 20th Century. This article is about the European Renaissance. | '''Renaissance''' is a term used to describe a revival in intellectual or artistic effort. In [[History]], this term is most often used to describe a period in European History between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. However, there have been other periods and places said to under go a renaissance, such as the "Harlem Renaissance" in that Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, which took place in the early 20th Century. This article is about the European Renaissance,"the great revival of art and letters, under the influence of classical models, which began in Italy in the 14th century and continued during the 15th and 16th" centuries in Europe. (refernce for quote: Oxford English Dictionary online http://www.oxfordonline.com/) | ||
==Accuracy of Term "Renaissance"== | ==Accuracy of Term "Renaissance"== | ||
Revision as of 19:25, 29 March 2007
Renaissance is a term used to describe a revival in intellectual or artistic effort. In History, this term is most often used to describe a period in European History between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. However, there have been other periods and places said to under go a renaissance, such as the "Harlem Renaissance" in that Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, which took place in the early 20th Century. This article is about the European Renaissance,"the great revival of art and letters, under the influence of classical models, which began in Italy in the 14th century and continued during the 15th and 16th" centuries in Europe. (refernce for quote: Oxford English Dictionary online http://www.oxfordonline.com/)