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 Discovery
linked to: Age of Exploration

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
Protestant Reformation
linked to: 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
linked to: London, England

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 Early Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance

English Renaissance
French Renaissance
German Renaissance
High Renaissance
Italian Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance

Late Renaissance
Northern Mannerism
Northern Renaissance
Spanish Renaissance

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Europe hasHistoricalPeriod Renaissance
Republic of Letters hasPeriod Renaissance
Middle Ages followedBy Renaissance
Scientific Revolution hasCause Renaissance
Scientific Revolution precededBy Renaissance
Renaissance humanism influenced Renaissance art
linked to: Renaissance
Ginevra de’ Benci movement Early Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance
Ginevra de’ Benci artHistoricalPeriod Italian Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance
The Alba Madonna artPeriod High Renaissance
subject linked to: The Alba Madonna by Raphael
linked to: Renaissance
The Alba Madonna artMovement Italian Renaissance
subject linked to: The Alba Madonna by Raphael
linked to: Renaissance
The Alba Madonna culturalContext Italian High Renaissance
subject linked to: The Alba Madonna by Raphael
linked to: Renaissance
Baroque follows Renaissance
Galileo Galilei movement Renaissance
Renaissance hasSubPeriod Italian Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance
Renaissance hasSubPeriod Early Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance
Renaissance architecture partOf Renaissance
Salvador Dalí influencedBy Renaissance art
linked to: Renaissance
Henry VIII of England era Renaissance
West Building timePeriodCoverage Renaissance
Pope Julius II era Italian Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance
Amerigo Vespucci era Renaissance
Wawel Castle architecturalStyle Renaissance
subject linked to: Wawel Castle in Kraków
Italian Wars historicalPeriod Renaissance
Luís de Camões movement Renaissance
Os Lusíadas literaryMovement Renaissance
Michelangelo movement Renaissance
Islamic Golden Age influenced European Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance
Apostolic Camera timePeriod Renaissance
Western esotericism hasHistoricalRoot Renaissance Europe
linked to: Renaissance
Christian iconography influencedBy Renaissance art
linked to: Renaissance
Genoa historicalPeriodOfProminence Renaissance
Desiderius Erasmus era Renaissance
Infant John the Baptist artHistoricalPeriodOfFrequentDepiction Italian Renaissance
subject linked to: infant John the Baptist
linked to: Renaissance
Coluccio Salutati era Early Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance
Leonardo Bruni movement Italian Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance
Leonardo Bruni era Early Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance
Hermetic Qabalah developedInPeriod Renaissance
Nicolaus Copernicus era Renaissance
Lorenzo Valla era Italian Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance
Florentine school partOf Italian Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance
Florentine school movement Renaissance
Marsilio Ficino era Italian Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci influenced Renaissance art
linked to: Renaissance
Niccolò Machiavelli era Renaissance