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-'''Renaissance''' is a French word for "rebirth".  Merriam-Webster <ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Renaissance Renaissance]</ref> 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]].
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-== See also ==
-*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
-*[[The arts]]
-*[[Leon Battista Alberti]]
-*[[Francesco Petrarch]]
-== References ==
-<references/>
-==External Links==
-*[http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/index.html Interactive Renaissance] Explore the Renaissance and discover the forces that drove this rebirth in Europe, and in Italy in particular.
-[[category:art]]
-[[category:culture]]