Толковый словарь английского языка - renaissance

noun Usage: often attributive see: nation Date: 1845 1. capitalized the transitional movement in Europe between medieval and modern times beginning in the 14th century in Italy, lasting into the 17th century, and marked by a humanistic revival of classical influence expressed in a flowering of the arts and literature and by the beginnings of modern science, the period of the Renaissance, the neoclassic style of architecture prevailing during the Renaissance, a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity, rebirth, revival