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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Sandro Botticelli movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Catherine de’ Medici era Renaissance
Late Byzantine period hasInfluenceOn Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Renaissance Latin usedInPeriod Renaissance
New Latin usedFrom Renaissance
Richelieu Wing hasCollectionPeriod Renaissance
Mona Lisa artHistoricalPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Albrecht Dürer movement Renaissance
Albrecht Dürer influencedBy Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Maison des Têtes significantPeriod Renaissance
subject surface form: Maison des Têtes (Valence)
Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio, Vatican City era Renaissance
subject surface form: Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio
Spanish Golden Age influencedBy Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Eye of Providence hasOriginPeriod Renaissance
Murcia architecturalStylePresent Renaissance
Republic of Florence locatedInTime Renaissance
Hermeticism revivedDuring Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Ohio Theatre architecturalStyle Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Casina Pio IV hasCulturalContext Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Agnes of Sorrento settingTime Renaissance
Romola settingContext Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Giovanni era Renaissance
subject surface form: Pope Julius III
Papacy influencedEuropeanPolitics Renaissance
The Warrior Pope usedDuringPeriod Renaissance
House of della Rovere notableEpoch Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Prospero Colonna era Renaissance
Cloth Hall era Renaissance
Sigismund II Augustus era Renaissance
Sancio Cabot era Renaissance
Inhale partOf Renaissance
this entity surface form: The Renaissance
Pope Sixtus IV era Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Vitruvian Man period Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Ferrara urbanPlanningStyle Renaissance
Sabine women themeIn Renaissance
this entity surface form: Renaissance art
House of Chalon-Arlay timePeriod Renaissance
René of Chalon era Renaissance
Poitiers architecturalStylePresent Renaissance
Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici era Renaissance
House of Medici timePeriod Renaissance
Lorenzo de' Medici era Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Clarice Orsini era Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Duke of Guastalla usedDuring Renaissance