Sentence:  The monk Savonarola , brought over from the <WSD>Renaissance</WSD> and placed against the background of Munich at the turn of the century , protests against the luxurious works displayed in the art shop of M. Bluthenzweig ; in particular against a Madonna portrayed in a voluptuous style and modeled , according to gossip , upon the painter 's mistress . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries