Renaissance
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The Renaissance was a transformative European cultural movement from the 14th to 17th centuries marked by a revival of classical learning, flourishing arts, and major advances in science and humanist thought.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
European historical era
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artistic movement → cultural movement → historical period → |
| followedBy |
Age of Discovery
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Enlightenment → Reformation → Scientific Revolution → |
| follows |
Medieval period
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Middle Ages → |
| hasArchitectureStyle |
Renaissance architecture
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| hasArtStyle |
Renaissance art
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| hasCause |
economic growth of Italian city-states
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fall of Constantinople → increased trade with the Eastern Mediterranean → migration of Greek scholars to Western Europe → patronage by wealthy families → rise of urban merchant classes → |
| hasCharacteristic |
emphasis on human potential
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expansion of education → experimentation in science → flourishing of the arts → growth of secular themes → patronage by courts and churches → renewed interest in realism → revival of classical learning → use of vernacular languages in literature → |
| hasEconomicAspect |
expansion of long-distance trade
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growth of banking → |
| hasEducationModel |
studia humanitatis
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| hasEndTime |
17th century
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| hasField |
architecture
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art → literature → music → philosophy → political thought → science → |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Enlightenment thought
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European education → Protestant Reformation → development of capitalism → modern Western culture → modern art → modern science → |
| hasKeyConcept |
humanism
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individualism → naturalism in art → perspective in art → rediscovery of Greek and Roman texts → revival of classical antiquity → scientific inquiry → secularism → |
| hasKeyEvent |
development of linear perspective in painting
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emergence of humanist education → invention of the printing press → scientific observations challenging geocentrism → translation of classical texts into vernacular languages → |
| hasLanguageContext |
English
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French → German → Italian → Latin → Spanish → |
| hasLocation |
Europe
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| hasMainRegion |
England
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France → Holy Roman Empire → Italy → Northern Europe → |
| hasNotableCenter |
Antwerp
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Bruges → Florence → London → Milan → Naples → Nuremberg → Paris → Rome → Venice → |
| hasPhilosophicalMovement |
Renaissance humanism
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| hasPoliticalAspect |
consolidation of monarchies
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rise of powerful city-states → |
| hasReligionContext |
Roman Catholicism
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emergence of Protestantism → |
| hasScientificAspect |
early modern science
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| hasStartTime |
14th century
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| hasSubPeriod |
Early Renaissance
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English Renaissance → French Renaissance → German Renaissance → High Renaissance → Italian Renaissance → Late Renaissance → Northern Mannerism → Northern Renaissance → Spanish Renaissance → |