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In [[2370]], in describing the character of [[Prospero]] to [[Lieutenant commander]] [[Data]], [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] noted that "''[[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] was witnessing the end of the Renaissance and the birth of the modern era, and Prospero finds himself in a world where his powers are no longer needed.''" ({{TNG|Emergence}}) |
In [[2370]], in describing the character of [[Prospero]] to [[Lieutenant commander]] [[Data]], [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] noted that "''[[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] was witnessing the end of the Renaissance and the birth of the modern era, and Prospero finds himself in a world where his powers are no longer needed.''" ({{TNG|Emergence}}) |
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− | The term "Renaissance man" is sometimes used to describe a great thinker with a large body of knowledge. In [[2374]], when Lieutenant commander Tuvok expressed his appreciation at the detail of the maps created by a [[Hologram|holographic]] recreation of [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Captain [[Kathryn Janeway]] explained "''He was a Renaissance man, Tuvok. Interpreted, reinterpreted, deconstructed, fantasized about all through history.''" Later, as Janeway and the hologram prepared to take flight in a revised version of [[ |
+ | The term "Renaissance man" is sometimes used to describe a great thinker with a large body of knowledge. In [[2374]], when Lieutenant commander Tuvok expressed his appreciation at the detail of the maps created by a [[Hologram|holographic]] recreation of [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Captain [[Kathryn Janeway]] explained "''He was a Renaissance man, Tuvok. Interpreted, reinterpreted, deconstructed, fantasized about all through history.''" Later, as Janeway and the hologram prepared to take flight in a revised version of [[Great Bird|his glider]], he commented "''When [[Petrarch]] climbed [[Mont Ventoux]] and saw all [[Europe]] below him he knew he was witnessing the birth of a new age. He was witnessing the Renaissance. The rebirth of our world! So, Catarina, at this summit here, you and I will be reborn. Reborn, with wings!''" ({{VOY|Concerning Flight}}) |
{{bginfo|In the story outline for {{TOS|The Cage}}, one of the episode's many illusory scenes was to have been in Renaissance [[Venice]], featuring "a palace at the edge of the old city's central piazza." (''[[The Making of Star Trek]]'', p. 53)}} |
{{bginfo|In the story outline for {{TOS|The Cage}}, one of the episode's many illusory scenes was to have been in Renaissance [[Venice]], featuring "a palace at the edge of the old city's central piazza." (''[[The Making of Star Trek]]'', p. 53)}} |
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The Renaissance was a cultural movement on Earth, a period that marked a resurgence of learning and educational reform from the 14th to 17th centuries.
In 2269, two Italian Renaissance paintings were in the possession of Flint: Angel Playing the Violin and Angel with Lute, both by Melozzo da Forlí. (TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah")
In 2370, in describing the character of Prospero to Lieutenant commander Data, Captain Jean-Luc Picard noted that "Shakespeare was witnessing the end of the Renaissance and the birth of the modern era, and Prospero finds himself in a world where his powers are no longer needed." (TNG: "Emergence")
The term "Renaissance man" is sometimes used to describe a great thinker with a large body of knowledge. In 2374, when Lieutenant commander Tuvok expressed his appreciation at the detail of the maps created by a holographic recreation of Leonardo da Vinci, Captain Kathryn Janeway explained "He was a Renaissance man, Tuvok. Interpreted, reinterpreted, deconstructed, fantasized about all through history." Later, as Janeway and the hologram prepared to take flight in a revised version of his glider, he commented "When Petrarch climbed Mont Ventoux and saw all Europe below him he knew he was witnessing the birth of a new age. He was witnessing the Renaissance. The rebirth of our world! So, Catarina, at this summit here, you and I will be reborn. Reborn, with wings!" (VOY: "Concerning Flight")