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Tönnesmann, Andreas [German version] A. Concept (CT) A Rinascita, a 'rebirth of the arts', was the term used by Giorgio Vasari in his biographies of Italian artists first published in 1550 [16]. He observed that the 'new' and 'good' art produced by his age had overcome a period of decline and - for the first time since Antiquity - had taken nature as its model. In a similar sense, Albrecht Dürer had earlier, in 1523, used the term Wiedererwachsung ( 'regrowth') in a similar sense [8]. Both terms embrace of necessity the exemplary nature of ancient art in contrast to other …

Tönnesmann, Andreas [English version] A. Begriff, Abgrenzung (RWG) Von Rinascita, einer “Wiedergeburt der Künste”, spricht Giorgio Vasari in seinen erstmals 1550 erschienenen Lebensbeschreibungen it. Künstler [16]: Die “neue” und “gute” Kunst seiner Epoche habe eine Zeit des Niedergangs überwunden und sich - erstmals seit der Ant. - wieder am Vorbild der Natur orientiert. Sinnverwandt gebrauchte schon um 1523 Albrecht Dürer das Wort “Wiedererwachsung” [8]. Beide Begriffe schließen zwingend die Vorbildli…