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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Humanism developedInPeriod Renaissance
Plateresque façade period Renaissance
frog on the skull (La Rana de Salamanca) era Renaissance
subject surface form: Frog on the Skull (La Rana de Salamanca)
Falkland Palace architecturalStyle Renaissance
Jean Cousin the Younger style Renaissance
Matthias Grünewald activeIn Renaissance
Lutherhaus architecturalStyle Renaissance
Italian Renaissance painting hasPhase Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Untermarkt historicalPeriod Renaissance
subject surface form: Untermarkt (Görlitz)
Margaret of Valois era Renaissance
Tomás Luis de Victoria movement Renaissance
Europeans hasHistoricalProcess Renaissance
Isabel Bishop influencedBy Renaissance
this entity surface form: Renaissance art
Cuéllar hasArchitecturalStyle Renaissance
Crichton Castle architecturalStyle Renaissance
Luis de Morales movement Renaissance
Guillaume Budé era Renaissance
Ambroise Paré era Renaissance
Pietro Antonio Solari movement Renaissance
Torgau, Germany architecturalStyle Renaissance
subject surface form: Torgau
Fermo architecturalStyle Renaissance
Fermo hasHistoricalPeriod Renaissance
Palacio de Nava architecturalStyle Renaissance
Jean Bullant movement Renaissance
Palazzo Guadagni, Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany historicalPeriod Renaissance
subject surface form: Palazzo Guadagni
Culross Palace architecturalStyle Renaissance
La Mantovana period Renaissance
Antiquarium era Renaissance
Domenico hasHistoricalUsage Renaissance
Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini architecturalStyle Renaissance
subject surface form: Tempio Malatestiano
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance focusesOn Renaissance
this entity surface form: European Renaissance
Ludovico Sforza era Renaissance
Ospedale degli Innocenti architecturalStyle Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Pazzi Chapel architecturalStyle Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Pazzi Chapel architecturalStyle Renaissance
Rucellai family timePeriod Renaissance
Diego de Siloé movement Renaissance