Renaissance

Michelangelo, The Pieta.

Renaissance is a French word for "rebirth". Merriam-Webster describes the Renaissance as "the transitional movement in Europe between medieval and modern times beginning in the fourteenth century in Italy, lasting into the seventeenth century," which included "a flowering of the arts and literature" and "the beginnings of modern science".

For a more detailed description, see The Renaissance.

See also

• Painting Masterpieces
• The arts
• Leon Battista Alberti
• Francesco Petrarch
• Middle Ages Painting

External links

• Interactive Renaissance Explore the Renaissance and discover the forces that drove this rebirth in Europe, and in Italy in particular.