renaissance

[US]/rɪˈneɪsns/
[UK]/ˈrenəsɑːns/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. rebirth; the period of renewed interest in art and learning in Europe, lasting from the 14th to the 17th centuries.

Phrases & Collocations

renaissance man

early renaissance

harlem renaissance

high renaissance

renaissance humanism

Example Sentences

the genius of the Renaissance period in Italy

a true cosmopolite—a Renaissance man.

John Hale,The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance, Atheneum 1994.

Italian High Renaissance painter known for his use of chiaroscuro

Some excerpts from a Renaissance mass are spatchcocked into Gluck’s pallid Don Juan music.

The neckline waslow round, V-shape, or square during early Renaissance, and later was shirred up into a higher neckline finishing with a ruff.

, the harlem renaissance remembered (new york: dodd, mead & company, 1972), p.157.

In Iraq's case this was the Baath, or Renaissance, Party, a vehicle which he ultimately transformed, through terrifyingly capricious ruthlessness, into a fascistic tool for his own absolute control.

Wylie Sypher, Four Stages of Renaissance Style, p. 65, “Do you know that our soul is composed of harmony and that harmony is only produced when proportions of things are seen or heard simultaneously?

Real-world Examples

Mr Biber's craft is enjoying a British renaissance.

Source: The Economist - International

We think of him as the ultimate renaissance man.

Source: BBC Listening Collection May 2016

He says the scores point to an emerging domestic renaissance.

Source: NPR News July 2013 Compilation

Automation means there will be no renaissance of blue-collar jobs in the West.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

It features historic selfies, reproduction of self portraits by renaissance masters.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2018 Compilation

And the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance.

Source: Steve Jobs' speech

Mark my words, the American manufacturing renaissance is here and it's about to really blossom.

Source: VOA Standard January 2015 Collection

Tracks, therefore played a pivotal role in what we call the dinosaur renaissance of recent years.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

I think that at this point we're kind of experiencing a renaissance in human space flight.

Source: VOA Standard English_ Technology

Sculptures forced into hibernation in this renaissance palace.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2021 Compilation

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