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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Lucca hasCityWallPeriod Renaissance
Bourg-en-Bresse hasNotablePeriod Renaissance
Battle of Fornovo historicalPeriod Renaissance
Teatro Olimpico architecturalStyle Renaissance
Secretum period Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Trecento partOf Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Trecento influenced Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Thomas More era Renaissance
Villa Foscari "La Malcontenta" hasCulturalPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Brahe family historicalEra Renaissance
Apostolic Chancery timePeriod Renaissance
Green Gate architecturalStyle Renaissance
Battle of Ravenna historicalPeriod Renaissance
Battle of Marignano era Renaissance
Republic of Venice peakPeriod Renaissance
Republic of Venice culturalInfluence Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
terza rima isAssociatedWithPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Palazzo Chiericati associatedWith Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
The Birth of Venus movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
The Birth of Venus artStyle Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Terra Australis influencedCartographyOf Renaissance
this entity surface form: Renaissance Europe
Collegio Romano architecturalStyle Renaissance
De mulieribus claris literaryPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Hieronymus Fabricius era Renaissance
Book III historicalPeriod Renaissance
subject surface form: Book III (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium)
Epistolae seniles literaryPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Johannes Petreius era Renaissance
Book VI historicalPeriod Renaissance
subject surface form: Book VI (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium)
Ninfale fiesolano literaryPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: early Renaissance
Poggio Bracciolini movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
Jerónimo de Ruão artisticStyle Renaissance
Adagia timePeriod Renaissance
Laudatio Florentinae urbis literaryPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Venetian glass flourishedIn Renaissance
Verona hasHistoricPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Renaissance era
De verbo mirifico period Renaissance
Theologia Platonica timePeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance
De vita libri tres historicalPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance