Renaissance (französisch für Wiedergeburt) bezeichnet als Fremdwort dasselbe wie „Wiedergeburt“ (ein Wiederaufleben) und darüber hinaus: . Renaissance, kunst- und kulturgeschichtliche Epoche in Europa im 14.–17.Jahrhundert; technische Renaissance ist ein Sammelbegriff für eine technische Innovation, die auf Erfindungen früherer Zeiten beruht …

Renaissance, (French: “Rebirth”) period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages and conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in Classical scholarship and values. The Renaissance also witnessed the discovery and exploration of new continents, the substitution of the Copernican for the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, the …

Die Harlem Renaissance war die erste Blüte afroamerikanischer Kunst, die über vereinzelte Werke hinausging. Ausgelöst wurde die Bewegung, ähnlich wie das Jazz-Zeitalter, durch die massenhafte Abwanderung schwarzer US-Amerikaner aus den Südstaaten in den Norden (Great Migration).Im New Yorker Stadtteil Harlem hatte der Afro-Amerikaner Philip Payton ab 1904 …

Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire is an architecturally significant country house from the Elizabethan era, a leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house.Built between 1590 and 1597 for Bess of Hardwick, it was designed by the architect Robert Smythson, an exponent of the Renaissance style.Hardwick Hall is one of the earliest examples of the English interpretation of this style, …

The Oration on the Dignity of Man (De hominis dignitate) is a public discourse composed in 1486 by Pico della Mirandola, an Italian scholar and philosopher of the Renaissance.It remained unpublished until 1496. The Pico Project–a collaboration between the University of Bologna and Brown University–and others have called it the "Manifesto of the Renaissance".

History 19th century. Lewis L. Bradbury, Sr. (November 6, 1823 – July 15, 1892) was a 19th century millionaire who made his fortune in mining and real estate —he owned the Tajo Mine in Sinaloa, Mexico—who became a real estate developer in the later part of his life. In 1892 he began planning to construct a five-story building at Broadway and Third Street in Los Angeles, …

The heart symbol is an ideograph used to express the idea of the "heart" in its metaphorical or symbolic sense. Represented by an anatomically inaccurate shape, the heart symbol is often used to represent the center of emotion, including affection and love, especially romantic love.It is sometimes accompanied or superseded by the "wounded heart" symbol, depicted as a heart …

La fin du théâtre médiéval. La Renaissance voit naître la volonté des souverains de mieux contrôler les divertissements populaires subversifs, notamment les sotties qui ridiculisaient régulièrement les membres de la famille royale et de l’Église, avec parfois un contenu politique particulièrement partisan. C'est cependant l’Église, échaudée par la Réforme, qui va …

Self-fashioning, a term introduced in Stephen Greenblatt's 1980 book, Renaissance Self-Fashioning: from More to Shakespeare, refers to the process of constructing one's identity and public persona to reflect a set of cultural standards or social codes. Greenblatt described the process in the Renaissance era where a noble man was instructed to dress in the finest …

The Lesser Key of Solomon, also known as Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis or simply Lemegeton, is an anonymous grimoire on demonology.It was compiled in the mid-17th century, mostly from materials a couple of centuries older. It is divided into five books—the Ars Goetia, Ars Theurgia-Goetia, Ars Paulina, Ars Almadel, and Ars Notoria.

A simple machine is a mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force. In general, they can be defined as the simplest mechanisms that use mechanical advantage (also called leverage) to multiply force. Usually the term refers to the six classical simple machines that were defined by Renaissance scientists:. Lever

The Texas Renaissance Festival (dubbed the Ren Fest) is an annual Renaissance fair located in Todd Mission, Texas, about 55 miles northwest of Houston. The Texas Renaissance Festival (TRF) started in 1974 on the location of an old strip mining site. The festival claims to be "the nation’s largest Renaissance theme park."

The Quattro Fontane (the Four Fountains) is an ensemble of four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale in Rome.They were commissioned by Pope Sixtus V and built at the direction of Muzio Mattei, and were installed between 1588 and 1593.

With Renaissance grotto-esque candelabra decorated frame added by Lorenzo di Credi in 1524. The Latin inscription reads: Ioannes Acutus eques brittanicus dux aetatis suae cautissimus et rei militaris peritissimus habitus est ("John Hawkwood, British knight, most prudent leader of his age and most expert in the art of war").