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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chapel of Eleonora of Toledo architecturalStyle Renaissance
subject surface form: Chapel of Eleonora of Toledo
Medici apartments historicalPeriod Renaissance
Matthias Ringmann era Renaissance
Castle Chapel architecturalStyle Renaissance
Great Hall era Renaissance
subject surface form: Great Hall at Frederiksborg Castle
Maison Henri IV (Auch) era Renaissance
Bled Castle architecturalStyle Renaissance
Megaride islet hasHistoricalPeriod Renaissance
Adriaan Floriszoon Boeyens era Renaissance
Brochów churchStyle Renaissance
Guicciardini family timePeriod Renaissance
Classicism historicalPeriod Renaissance
Güstrow architecturalStylePresent Renaissance
Parergon historicalPeriod Renaissance
Albertus Pighius era Renaissance
Coins of Italy historicalPeriod Renaissance
Abraham Ortels era Renaissance
subject surface form: Abraham Ortelius
Democrates Secundus by Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda period Renaissance
subject surface form: Democrates Secundus
Colexio de Fonseca hasFaçadeStyle Renaissance
Strada Felice (Via Sistina) hasUrbanPlanningStyle Renaissance
subject surface form: Strada Felice
Anne of Lorraine era Renaissance
Leonardo di Giovanni Emo era Renaissance
Fortezza of Rethymno era Renaissance
Pieskowa Skała architecturalStyle Renaissance
Joanine dynasty era Renaissance
Domenico de’ Franceschi era Renaissance
Cellebroederspoort locatedInTime Renaissance
lion of Saint Mark timePeriodOfProminence Renaissance
subject surface form: Lion of Saint Mark
Rusticucci family historicalPeriod Renaissance
oratory of San Satiro architecturalStyle Renaissance
subject surface form: Oratory of San Satiro
Palazzo dei Convertendi era Renaissance
Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne era Renaissance
Caprini family activeInPeriod Renaissance