French Renaissance

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artistic movement cultural movement historical period

The French Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in France, roughly spanning the 15th to early 17th centuries, marked by the adoption of Italian Renaissance ideas in art, architecture, literature, and court culture.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
French Renaissance architecture	4
French Renaissance literature	1
French Renaissance music	1
Renaissance France	1

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artistic movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ historical period ⓘ
artMovement	School of Fontainebleau ⓘ
center	Fontainebleau, France ⓘ surface form: Fontainebleau Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ surface form: Loire Valley Lyon ⓘ Paris ⓘ
characteristic	construction of châteaux in the Loire Valley ⓘ development of vernacular French literature ⓘ humanism ⓘ importation of Italian artists and architects ⓘ religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants ⓘ revival of classical antiquity ⓘ royal patronage of the arts ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
endTime	early 17th century ⓘ
followedBy	Ancien Régime ⓘ surface form: Classical Age in France Baroque ⓘ surface form: French Baroque
hasInfluenceOn	French Baroque art ⓘ French absolutist court culture ⓘ French classical literature ⓘ
hasPart	French Renaissance self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: French Renaissance architecture French Renaissance self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: French Renaissance literature French Renaissance self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: French Renaissance music French Renaissance painting ⓘ French Renaissance sculpture ⓘ
influencedBy	Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Italian Renaissance
language	French ⓘ
mainDomain	architecture ⓘ art ⓘ court culture ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ philosophy ⓘ religion ⓘ science ⓘ
notableFigure	Ambroise Paré ⓘ André Thevet ⓘ Benvenuto Cellini ⓘ Blaise Pascal ⓘ Blaise de Vigenère ⓘ Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ surface form: Catherine de' Medici Clément Marot ⓘ Francis I of France ⓘ Jean Clouet ⓘ surface form: François Clouet François Rabelais ⓘ Germain Pilon ⓘ Guillaume Budé ⓘ Henry II of France ⓘ Jacques Androuet du Cerceau ⓘ Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples ⓘ surface form: Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples John Calvin ⓘ surface form: Jean Calvin Jean Clouet ⓘ Pierre Lescot ⓘ surface form: Jean Goujon Joachim du Bellay ⓘ Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ Marguerite de Navarre ⓘ Michel de Montaigne ⓘ Philibert de l'Orme ⓘ Pierre Lescot ⓘ Pierre de Ronsard ⓘ Étienne Dolet ⓘ
precededBy	Late Middle Ages in France ⓘ
relatedConcept	Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance ⓘ Renaissance humanism ⓘ
religiousContext	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism Reformation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Reformation
significantEvent	Edict of Nantes ⓘ French Wars of Religion ⓘ reign of Francis I of France ⓘ
startTime	15th century ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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Cour Carrée → architecturalStyle → French Renaissance ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Renaissance architecture

Louis XII of France → era → French Renaissance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Renaissance France

French Renaissance → hasPart → French Renaissance self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Renaissance architecture

French Renaissance → hasPart → French Renaissance self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Renaissance literature

French Renaissance → hasPart → French Renaissance self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Renaissance music

Renaissance → hasSubPeriod → French Renaissance ⓘ

Affair of the Placards → historicalPeriod → French Renaissance ⓘ

French Renaissance Revival → inspiredBy → French Renaissance ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Renaissance architecture

French Renaissance Revival (Parliament House, Brisbane) → inspiredBy → French Renaissance ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Renaissance architecture

Pierre Lescot → movement → French Renaissance ⓘ

Pierre Lescot → partOf → French Renaissance ⓘ