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
instanceOf European historical era
artistic movement
cultural movement
historical period
followedBy Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discovery

Age of Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment

Reformation
Scientific Revolution
follows Medieval period
Middle Ages
hasArchitectureStyle Renaissance architecture
hasArtStyle Renaissance art
hasCause economic growth of Italian city-states
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
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
growth of banking
hasEducationModel studia humanitatis
hasEndTime 17th century
hasField architecture
art
literature
music
philosophy
political thought
science
hasInfluenceOn Enlightenment thought
European education
Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation

development of capitalism
modern Western culture
modern art
modern science
hasKeyConcept humanism
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
emergence of humanist education
invention of the printing press
scientific observations challenging geocentrism
translation of classical texts into vernacular languages
hasLanguageContext English
French
German
Italian
Latin
Spanish
hasLocation Europe
hasMainRegion England
France
Holy Roman Empire
Italy
Northern Europe
hasNotableCenter Antwerp
Bruges
Florence
London, England
surface form: London

Milan
Naples
Nuremberg
Paris
Rome
Venice
hasPhilosophicalMovement Renaissance humanism
hasPoliticalAspect consolidation of monarchies
rise of powerful city-states
hasReligionContext Roman Catholicism
emergence of Protestantism
hasScientificAspect early modern science
hasStartTime 14th century
hasSubPeriod Renaissance self-linksurface differs
surface form: Early Renaissance

English Renaissance
French Renaissance
Northern Renaissance
surface form: German Renaissance

High Renaissance
Renaissance self-linksurface differs
surface form: Italian Renaissance

Late Renaissance
Northern Mannerism
Northern Renaissance
Spanish Renaissance

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Ariel Durant coAuthorOf Renaissance
this entity surface form: The Renaissance
Visconti family timePeriod Renaissance
Codex Arundel timePeriod Renaissance
Claudio de Arciniega style Renaissance
Masaccio movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Andrea Mantegna movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Paolo Uccello movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
“Of Friendship” period Renaissance
subject surface form: Of Friendship
Claude of France era Renaissance
the West hasHistoricalPeriod Renaissance
Gros-Horloge architecturalStyle Renaissance
Elisabeth Binzenstock timePeriod Renaissance
Hans Holbein the Elder movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Strozzi family activeDuring Renaissance
Antoine of Navarre era Renaissance
Don Pedro timePeriodOfFiction Renaissance
Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (as regent) era Renaissance
subject surface form: Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy
Castel Sismondo significantPeriod Renaissance
Orsini Fortress significantPeriod Renaissance
Medici aqueduct arches era Renaissance
Sovana architecturalStylePresent Renaissance
Tower of the Winds era Renaissance
Thomas Holt style Renaissance
Emilia historicalPeriod Renaissance
Age of Reason follows Renaissance
Self-Portrait in a Fur-Trimmed Robe by Albrecht Dürer artHistoricalPeriod Renaissance
subject surface form: Self-Portrait in a Fur-Trimmed Robe
The Tribute Money artisticStyle Renaissance
subject surface form: The Tribute Money (Masaccio)
The Geller Altarpiece movement Renaissance
The Geller Altarpiece artPeriod Renaissance
Maria of Spain era Renaissance