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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Sforza Castle architecturalStyle Renaissance
Giovanni era Renaissance
subject surface form: Giovanni de' Medici
Domus Aurea influenced Renaissance
this entity surface form: Renaissance art
Renaissance papacy culturalMovement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Pope Adrian VI era Renaissance
Martin Waldseemüller movement Renaissance
Martin Waldseemüller era Renaissance
Royal Private Apartments locatedInTime Renaissance
this entity surface form: Renaissance period
Sigismund I the Old era Renaissance
Venetian navy historicalEra Renaissance
Como architecturalStyle Renaissance
subject surface form: Como Cathedral
I Tatti Renaissance Library focusesOn Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Heracles cycle influenced Renaissance
this entity surface form: Renaissance art
Francis I of France era Renaissance
Francesco Guicciardini movement Renaissance
Pope Pius III era Renaissance
Domenico Fontana movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Late Renaissance
Carrara marble usedInPeriod Renaissance
Bartolomeo d'Alviano movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Brisbane City Hall architecturalStyle Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Rimas literaryPeriod Renaissance
Ponte Milvio usedDuring Renaissance
Germanisches Nationalmuseum hasCollection Renaissance
this entity surface form: Renaissance art
Marienberg urbanPlanningStyle Renaissance
Frederick II of Denmark era Renaissance
Palladian window hasOriginPeriod Renaissance
Santa Maria presso San Satiro, Milan period Renaissance
subject surface form: Santa Maria presso San Satiro
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Santa Maria del Popolo (choir and apse), Rome culturalContext Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Non plus ultra culturalContext Renaissance
this entity surface form: Renaissance Europe
Villa Medici significantPeriod Renaissance
Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace hasStylePeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Neptune Fountain architecturalStyle Renaissance
subject surface form: Neptune Fountain (Trento)
Piero della Francesca movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Piero della Francesca movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Donatello movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Donatello movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
The School of Athens period Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
The Sistine Madonna movementAssociatedWith Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
La Fornarina artHistoricalPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Disputation of the Holy Sacrament artHistoricalPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Raphael Rooms architecturalStyle Renaissance
Borgia Apartments historicalPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance