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[[Image:Pieta.jpg|thumb|[[Michelangelo]], The Pieta.]]
'''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 ==
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==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.
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