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Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries that marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity, focusing on the revival of classical antiquity. It originated in Florence and spread throughout Italy and Europe, influencing art, literature, politics, and science, with key figures like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. The movement was characterized by humanism, educational reform, and advancements in various fields, including the development of modern banking and accounting.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries that marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity, focusing on the revival of classical antiquity. It originated in Florence and spread throughout Italy and Europe, influencing art, literature, politics, and science, with key figures like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. The movement was characterized by humanism, educational reform, and advancements in various fields, including the development of modern banking and accounting.

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This article is about the European Renaissance of the


15th and 16th centuries. For the earlier European
Renaissance, see Renaissance of the 12th century.
For other uses, see Renaissance (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Reconnaissance.

The Renaissance (UK: /rɪˈneɪsǝns/ rin-AY-


ⓘ
sǝnss, US: /ˈrɛnǝsɑːns/ REN-ǝ-sahnss)[1][2]
[a]
is a period of history and a European
cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th
centuries. It marked the transition from the
Middle Ages to modernity and was
characterized by an effort to revive and
surpass the ideas and achievements of
classical antiquity. Associated with great social
change in most fields and disciplines, including
art, architecture, politics, literature, exploration
and science, the Renaissance was first
centered in the Republic of Florence, then
spread to the rest of Italy and later throughout
Europe. The term rinascita ("rebirth") first
appeared in Lives of the Artists (c. 1550) by
Giorgio Vasari, while the corresponding French
word renaissance was adopted into English as
the term for this period during the 1830s.[4][b]

The Renaissance's intellectual basis was


founded in its version of humanism, derived
from the concept of Roman humanitas and the
rediscovery of classical Greek philosophy,
such as that of Protagoras, who said that "man
is the measure of all things". Although the
invention of metal movable type sped the
dissemination of ideas from the later 15th
century, the changes of the Renaissance were
not uniform across Europe: the first traces
appear in Italy as early as the late 13th century,
in particular with the writings of Dante and the
paintings of Giotto.

As a cultural movement, the Renaissance


encompassed innovative flowering of literary
Latin and an explosion of vernacular
literatures, beginning with the 14th-century
resurgence of learning based on classical
sources, which contemporaries credited to
Petrarch; the development of linear
perspective and other techniques of rendering
a more natural reality in painting; and gradual
but widespread educational reform. It saw
myriad artistic developments and contributions
from such polymaths as Leonardo da Vinci and
Michelangelo, who inspired the term
"Renaissance man".[5][6] In politics, the
Renaissance contributed to the development
of the customs and conventions of diplomacy,
and in science to an increased reliance on
observation and inductive reasoning. The
period also saw revolutions in other intellectual
and social scientific pursuits, as well as the
introduction of modern banking and the field of
accounting.[7]

Period

Overview

Origins

Characteristics

Spread

Historiography

Other Renaissances

See also

References

Further reading

External links

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