0 a new growth of activity or interest in something, especially art, literature, or music: --
Opera is enjoying a long-awaited renaissance.
1 the period of new growth of interest and activity in the areas of art, literature, and ideas in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries --
2 from or relating to the period when there was a new increase in interest and activity in art, literature, and ideas in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries: --
Renaissance art/painting/architecture
3 a new growth or interest in something, esp. art, literature, or music: --
a poetry renaissance
4 a situation when there is new interest in something and it becomes strong and active again: --
It was a renaissance of playwrights in those days.
It was constructed in high renaissance style, with classical niches and shell-motifs on the interior, and strapwork panels and cartouches outside.
This renaissance intellectual and activist has interesting ideas that he cares deeply about and expresses well.
The notion of an endophenotype was initially devised in relation to schizophrenia in 1972,35 and has experienced a renaissance in the past decade.
This modern renaissance is a consequence of pantomime companies' innovations - re-inventing their product, promoting it to specific target audiences, and attracting sponsorship.
It no longer possesses the function of a leading science as it did during the renaissance.
If so, they promise new insights into the range of the totalitarianism paradigm, which has experienced a remarkable renaissance since 1989.
Immigrants have also been at the centre of an incipient urban cultural renaissance.
