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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Corvin Castle architecturalStyle Renaissance
Vittoria Farnese era Renaissance
Georg Joachim Rheticus era Renaissance
Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte era Renaissance
De militia Romana workPeriod Renaissance
Michael Maestlin era Renaissance
Arenberg Castle architecturalStyle Renaissance
town of Rochlitz hasHistoricArchitectureStyle Renaissance
subject surface form: Rochlitz
Porte Dorée architecturalStyle Renaissance
Orsini historicalEra Renaissance
Andreas Alciatus era Renaissance
Farnese family notablePeriod Renaissance
Gilles Le Breton style Renaissance
Gilles Le Breton era Renaissance
city of Lucca hasCityWallPeriod Renaissance
subject surface form: Lucca
city of Lucca hasArchitecturePeriod Renaissance
subject surface form: Lucca
Jacques Cujas era Renaissance
John Field (astronomer) era Renaissance
Cesare I Gonzaga era Renaissance
Zhovkva hasArchitecturalStyle Renaissance
Filarete Tower historicalPeriod Renaissance
Borromeo historicalEra Renaissance
Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici era Renaissance
Bar-le-Duc hasHistoricalPeriod Renaissance
Bar-le-Duc hasArchitecturalStyle Renaissance
Montepulciano hasHistoricPeriod Renaissance
Missa Papae Marcelli period Renaissance
Ricciardo Cervini timePeriod Renaissance
Joost Lips era Renaissance
Carlo Fieschi timePeriod Renaissance
rione Sant’Eustachio timePeriod Renaissance
Martin Ilacomilus era Renaissance
subject surface form: Martin Waldseemüller
Como Cathedral architecturalStyle Renaissance
Martin Hylacomylus era Renaissance
States of the Church historicalEra Renaissance
Landhaus Graz architecturalStyle Renaissance
Styria Armoury architecturalStyle Renaissance
Hall of Lilies architecturalStyle Renaissance
Map Room timePeriod Renaissance
subject surface form: Map Room (Palazzo Vecchio)