High Renaissance - the artistic style of early 16th century painting in Florence and Rome; characterized by technical mastery and heroic composition and humanistic content

history - the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"

quattrocento - the 15th century in Italian art and literature

age, historic period - an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age"

Italian Renaissance - the early period when Italy was the center of the Renaissance

resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification - bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture"