What the Renaissance means and where it beganThe word “renaissance” means rebirth and also awakening. It also meant the activity, the movement, and even the moment of the great and great rebirth of not only art, but literature, learning, culture, and science. Renaissance as a word symbolizes the rebirth of many aspects of life and also the transition from the Middle Ages to modern times. The Renaissance began in the 14th century in the republic of Florence (“Florence” in Italian) in northern Italy. historical context of the Renaissance and what it entailedThe Renaissance was primarily a cultural movement that occurred between the 14th century and the 17th century. It began in Florence, Italy, during the late Middle Ages and then spread throughout Europe. The Renaissance can be labeled as a period when the interest in classical learning and values ​​became very great. The Renaissance era saw and witnessed the discoveries and even explorations of new continents, the replacement of the "Copernican" astronomical system with the "Ptolemaic" astronomical system, the end of the medieval hierarchical system, the development and growth of trade and his also saw the creation and application of many important inventions such as paper, printing, the marine compass and gunpowder. For thinkers and even scholars of that era it was a time of rebirth of classical culture and wisdom after a long period of cultural decline and even inactivity. In the 16th century, already widespread in the rest of Europe, the Renaissance had already touched and changed the themes of literature, philosophy, art, music, politics, science, religion and also other themes that have a what to do with human inquiry. Scholars of this... half of the sheet... of the Encyclopædia Britannica. "Renaissance (European history)." Encyclopedia Britannica online. Encyclopedia Britannica, nd Web. 28 March 2014. .• “Italian Renaissance”. History.com. A&E and Web Television Networks. March 26, 2014. .• "Renaissance." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, March 24, 2014. Web. March 26, 2014. .• Zimmermann, Kim Ann. "Leonardo Da Vinci: facts and biography". LiveScience. TechMedia Network, August 30, 2013. Web. March 27, 2014. .• Hearst Seattle Media LLC. "Four Types of Perspective in Renaissance Art". Seattle Pi. Seattle Pi and Web. 03 April. 2014. .•