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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John Farmer (composer) timePeriod Renaissance
Narni hasHistoricPeriod Renaissance
Torgau hasArchitecturalStyle Renaissance
Nostradamus era Renaissance
Flemish Primitives art historicalPeriod Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Louise de Montmorency era Renaissance
Venetian army timePeriod Renaissance
Todi hasArchitecturalStyle Renaissance
Farnese Hercules sculpture collection hasInfluenceOn Renaissance
this entity surface form: Renaissance art
League of Cognac historicalPeriod Renaissance
Madeleine of Valois era Renaissance
Andrea Doria era Renaissance
Maison Pfister era Renaissance
Warsaw Old Town area primaryArchitecturalStyles Renaissance
subject surface form: Warsaw Old Town
Lorenzo Ghiberti movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Primavera period Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Madonna of the Magnificat movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Madonna of the Pomegranate movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Portrait of a Young Man artMovement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Fortitude movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Pollaiuolo brothers movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Giovanni Bellini movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Filippo Lippi movement Renaissance
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Hans Baldung movement Renaissance
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi movement Renaissance
subject surface form: Sandro Botticelli
this entity surface form: Early Renaissance
Aberdour Castle hasPeriod Renaissance
House of Farnese timePeriod Renaissance
Molo Church architecturalStyle Renaissance
Piazza dei Signori historicalPeriodOfDevelopment Renaissance
subject surface form: Piazza dei Signori (Padua)
Marius the Epicurean relatedWork Renaissance
this entity surface form: The Renaissance
Hofgarten architecturalStyle Renaissance
House of Sforza activeInPeriod Renaissance
Geographia resurgedIn Renaissance
Naviglio della Martesana era Renaissance
Imola hasHistoricalPeriod Renaissance
Pope Pius II era Renaissance
Adam and Eve artisticPeriod Renaissance
subject surface form: Adam and Eve (Dürer engraving)
Praying Hands artMovement Renaissance
Madrid Codices timePeriodDescribed Renaissance