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	Exhibits Collection -- Renaissance
		"Renaissance," French for "rebirth," perfectly describes the intellectual and economic changes that occurred in Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries.
		Also, and perhaps most importantly, the Renaissance was an age in which artistic, social, scientific, and political thought turned in new directions.
		Join us as we explore the Renaissance and discover the forces that drove this rebirth in Europe, and in Italy in particular.
	www.learner.org /interactives/renaissance (121 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: French Renaissance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		French Renaissance is a recent term used to describe a cultural and artistic movement in France from the late 15th century to the early 17th century.
		The French Renaissance traditionally extends from (roughly) the French invasion of Italy in 1494 during the reign of Charles VIII until the death of Henry IV in 1610.
		French Renaissance literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in French (Middle French) from the French invasion of Italy in 1494 to 1600, or roughly the period from the reign of Charles VIII of France to the ascension of Henri IV of France to the throne.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/French-Renaissance (5071 words)

	renaissance
		The Renaissance was a time of intellectual ferment that laid the foundation for the thinkers and scientists of the 17th century, who were far more original than the Renaissance humanists (Ackerman 125).
		Flemish painter Jan van Eyck was the founder of Renaissance painting in Flanders and the Netherlands (Harbison 20).
		Renaissance sculptors of the Lowlands were much less innovative than painters, retaining a closer connection to Gothic art; architectural forms seemed to be unaffected by the Renaissance (Harbison 32).
	www.unc.edu /~wmoon/renaissance.html (1749 words)

	National Gallery of Art Site Map
		Verrocchio's David Restored: A Renaissance Bronze from the National Museum of the Bargello, Florence
		Monumental Sculpture from Renaissance Florence: Ghiberti, Nanni di Banco, and Verrocchio at Orsanmichele
		Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting
	www.nga.gov /copyright/toc.shtm (1062 words)

	RMDS Collections
		The University of Virginia Library and the University of Virginia French Department are pleased to announce an expansion of the Renaissance in Print (Gordon Project), made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and continued support from the Florence Gould Foundation.
		The collection, which came to the University of Virginia in 1986, was the bequest of the late Douglas Huntly Gordon of Baltimore, a prominent Maryland attorney, former president of St. John’s College in Annapolis, and recipient of the French Légion d'Honneur and Palmes Académiques.
		Digital facsimiles of the books themselves will be of immediate use to scholars for research in such fields as material bibliography, history of the book arts, French Renaissance literature, history, philosophy, religion and art history.
	www.lib.virginia.edu /rmds/collections/gordon/index.html (872 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Renaissance (French).
		Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Renaissance (French).
		A term applied in the arts to that peculiar style of decoration revived by Raphael, and which resulted from ancient paintings exhumed in the pontificate of Leo X. (16th century).
		The French Renaissance is a Gothic skeleton with classic details.
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	French Medieval Desserts A Delicious Way to Travel Back in Time!
		The most common French medieval desserts were custard tartes.
		There were also several varieties of baked and boiled custards (flans) that were prepared without a pastry shell.
		The French were very fond of adding cinnamon to their custards.
	www.famousfrenchdesserts.com /medieval-desserts.html (292 words)

	Renaissance Revival Style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Renaissance period in Europe, from the 15th century to about the end of the 17th century, when art, architecture, philosophy and literature had a had a rebirth based on class Greek and Roman models.
		The first American revival of Renaissance themes came in the mid-nineteenth century and was loosely based on Italian rather than British prototypes; it was known as Italianate style.
		A later revival of Renaissance-inspired design in American houses occurred from about 1890-1930 and was the purest in its resemblance to the Italian originals.
	ah.bfn.org /a/DCTNRY/r/renaiss.html (451 words)

	The French Renaissance, France History
		French Renaissance refers to the artistic and cultural movement in France that began in the late 15th century.
		The French Renaissance was at its apex during the rule of Francis I and his son Henry II.
		The French Renaissance was a very rich phase of French history as it led to the development of new techniques and artistic forms in various fields.
	www.mapsofworld.com /france/history/french-renaissance.html (353 words)

	Ramada Renaissance
		The Renaissance was a great cultural movement whichbrought about a period of scientific revolution andartistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history.It marks the transitional period between the end of the Middle Ages and thestart of the Modern Age.
		The Renaissance is usually considered to have begun inthe 14th century in Italy and the 16th century in northern Europe.
		Renaissance is a French word coined by French historian Jules Michelet, and expanded upon by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt in the 19th century, that literally means rebirth.
	www.altvetmed.com /face/26476-ramada-renaissance.html (466 words)

	Renaissance Architecture
		Therefore the Renaissance was bound to have a strong impact on 16th century Italy.
		Furthermore, during the Renaissance was an increasing movement known as the Humanist Movement, which focuses attention on the importance of the individual rather than a religion or government.
		In England the Renaissance was potent force in England during the 16th century.
	library.thinkquest.org /C005594/renaissance.htm (369 words)

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	Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		With the active support of Francis I, the early Renaissance entered on a period of glorious prosperity, and in the later years of his reign displayed a distinctive character.
		The building of the Louvre was carried on with greater or less ability by several masters, and was finally completed under Napoleon I. The oldest parts of the palace are considered one of the greatest architectural achievements in France.
		"If among all the works of the French Renaissance we were to seek for the works of the creations which possess in the highest degree qualities which were, so to say, the aim of the Renaissance, i.e.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/herbermann/cathen09.html?term=Pierre%20Lescot (747 words)

	French Art
		The term Renaissance describes the radical changes that took place in European culture beginning in the 15th century.
		The French Renaissance was strongly influenced by the works of the Italians.
		French Fauvisme is a style of painting that flourished in France from 1898 to 1908.
	www.uncg.edu /rom/courses/dafein/civ/art.htm (803 words)

	Renaissance Women Writers - French Texts/American Contexts - Anne R. Larsen and Colette H. Winn
		Renaissance Women Writers is the first book entirely devoted to the study of French women writers of the early modern period.
		The twelve essays, reflecting current trends in Renaissance scholarship in the United States, analyze the formation of women's literary identity by exploring the works of eight of the most frequently read women writers of this period.
		The essays are grouped into three sections that highlight major characteristics of the works of French Renaissance women.
	wsupress.wayne.edu /literature/littheory/larsenrww.htm (275 words)

	Vineyard Furniture, Int. :: Knowledge Base
		French Renaissance spans through many rulers, Francis I, Henry II, and the most noted Henry IV.
		French Renaissance was mostly inspired by Italian taste but the pieces are much smaller in scale.
		French Renaissance is also noted for its betterment in tapestry weaving.
	www.vinfi.com /answers.php?mode=response&id=701 (197 words)

	France - Renaissance Furnishing Style
		Before the arrival of French renaissance in the 16th century, furnishings were more functional and practical as opposed to ornamental.
		The French renaissance really came into its own around 1515 when the Gothic furnishings, which were firmly rooted in France, suddenly started to fade out and artisans began to look towards the new French renaissance for inspiration.
		The furnishings of the French Renaissance first period as well as the revival period had distinct characteristics that are still made today in reproductions.
	www.articledashboard.com /Article/France---Renaissance-Furnishing-Style/123497 (588 words)

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	Antiques : By Period, Style : Renaissance :
		The French Renaissance Pattern was introduced by Reed & Barton in 1941.
		This French Renaissance style wall clock has Roman numeral dial plaques applied to the wooden face.
		French walnut armoire lingere in the Renaissance style with large single beveled mirror door opening to reveal fitted and fully adjustable shelving.
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	Department of French and Italian
		The French Renaissance Mind:Studies Presented to W. Moore.
		"Mercury at the Crossroads in Renaissance Emblems." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 48 (1985) 222-29.
		French Farce, 1450-1570," Keynote Speech, University of Tennessee Medieval Festival, 1977.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /french_ital/faculty/bowen/cv (2226 words)

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		The design for this French Chateau illustrated at the right was an inspiration for a client who wished to emulate the grand piles of the 18th and 19th century.
		French style buildings and interiors are the most difficult to build and likewise most expensive style to emulate.
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	French Renaissance Literature
		HAPAX: French Resources on the Web - Libraries Hapax is maintained by Angelo Metzidakis, professor of French at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, USA.
		ARTFL Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language, University of Chicago.
		Electronic texts of the French Middle Ages and16th century, and 19th century African Literature at the Université de Nantes.
	www.lib.duke.edu /ias/westeurope/french_renaissance_literature.htm (618 words)

	Bristol University - French Department - The French Renaissance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		To examine the literature of France in the Renaissance period covering major authors in four different genres.
		It is not a condition of acceptance for this unit to have successfully completed the equivalent 2nd year unit.
		Larivey's work is a significant example of Renaissance humanist comedy. Rabelais is arguably the world's greatest comic writer, Ronsard without question the finest French poet of his century, whilst Montaigne invented the genre of the personal essay as we now understand it in Western culture.
	www.bristol.ac.uk /french/current/undergrad/infoyr4students/units/30051.html (276 words)

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	Modern Languages: French Division Faculty Reinier Leushuis
		Reinier Leushuis (M.A. Utrecht University 1993, Ph.D. Princeton University 2000) specializes in early modern dialogue, the literary treatment of marriage and friendship, the cultural connections between France and Italy, and the continuation and transformation of medieval genres in the French Renaissance.
		Dr. Reinier Leushuis is also interested in twentieth-century constructions of the past and issues of cultural memory, in particular of the Renaissance and Middle Ages.
		Irène Iakounina (French) was accepted in the PhD program at Yale University, where she continued exploring the French Renaissance with Professor Edwin Duval.
	mailer.fsu.edu /~modlang/divisions/french/leushuis.html (434 words)

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