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Renaissance (French)

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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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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Relief (The)
Rem Acu
Remember
Remigius (St.)
Remis atque Velis (Latin)
Renaissance (French)
Renaissance Period (The)
Renard
Renarder (French)
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