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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Tycho Brahe era Renaissance
Perseus representedIn Renaissance
this entity surface form: Renaissance art
Pope Alexander VI era Renaissance
Ancient Greek usedInEducation Renaissance
this entity surface form: Renaissance Europe
Cathedral of the Archangel architecturalStyle Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Don Juan (1926 film) setInPeriod Renaissance
James IV of Scotland era Renaissance
Italians historicalInfluence Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci’s “Benois Madonna” movement Renaissance
subject surface form: Benois Madonna
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Tuscans notableHistoricalPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Tuscans contributedTo Renaissance
this entity surface form: Renaissance art
Stirling Castle architecturalStyle Renaissance
Medici court in Florence flourishedInPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci’s “Litta Madonna” artHistoricalPeriod Renaissance
subject surface form: Litta Madonna
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Raphael’s “Madonna Conestabile” artHistoricalPeriod Renaissance
subject surface form: Madonna Conestabile
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
The Enchantress of Florence subjectMatter Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Ahlden Castle architecturalStyle Renaissance
Northern Renaissance partOf Renaissance
Northern Renaissance influencedBy Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
English Renaissance partOf Renaissance
this entity surface form: European Renaissance
English Renaissance influencedBy Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Celle Castle significantPeriod Renaissance
High Renaissance partOf Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
High Renaissance follows Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
French Renaissance influencedBy Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
French Renaissance relatedConcept Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Görlitz hasArchitecturalStyle Renaissance
Spanish Renaissance partOf Renaissance
this entity surface form: European Renaissance
Timotheus usedInHistoricalPeriod Renaissance
Villa d’Este architecturalStyle Renaissance
Duchy of Milan historicalEra Renaissance
Maximilian hasHistoricalUsage Renaissance
this entity surface form: Renaissance Europe
Leon Battista Alberti movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Leon Battista Alberti era Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
El Escorial architecturalStyle Renaissance
Filippo Brunelleschi movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Filippo Brunelleschi era Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Palazzo Rucellai architecturalStyle Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Palazzo Rucellai culturalPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas era Renaissance
this entity surface form: European Renaissance
Farnese timePeriod Renaissance
Pope Clement VII era Renaissance
Eleanor of Austria era Renaissance
Ferdinand Columbus movement Renaissance
Old Masters associatedWithPeriod Renaissance
Old Masters associatedWithPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Sandro Botticelli movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance