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RENAISSANCE [4 records]

Record 1 2006-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • History (General)
DEF

The period in Western European history in the 14th-16th centuries of intensified classical scholarship and humanism, marked by advances in art and literature under the influence of classical models, and generally held to be the transition between the Middle Ages and the modern world.

OBS

The Renaissance has no set starting point or place. It happened gradually at different places at different times and there are no defined dates or places for when the Middle Ages ended. The starting place of the Renaissance is almost universally ascribed to Central Italy, especially the city of Florence. ... Another possible starting point is the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire (Généralités)
DEF

Essor intellectuel provoqué, à partir du XVe siècle en Italie, puis dans toute l'Europe, par le retour aux idées, à l'art antiques gréco-latins. Période historique allant du XIVe ou du XVe siècle à la fin du XVIe siècle.

OBS

La Renaissance correspond aux débuts des temps modernes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

The restoration of the classical style.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
OBS

néoclassicisme : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 4 1980-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Group Dynamics
OBS

Therapy sessions during which the patient relives his birth to eliminate his psychological problems. It is part of Arthur Janov's theory of the primal cry.

Key term(s)
  • rebirth

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Dynamique des groupes
OBS

Terme proposé par le Centre de psychiatrie de l'Université d'Ottawa.

Spanish

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