Early Renaissance

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artistic period cultural movement historical period

The Early Renaissance was a period in European art and culture, primarily in 15th-century Italy, marked by a revival of classical ideals, the development of linear perspective, and a new emphasis on naturalism and humanism.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Early Renaissance canonical	105
early Renaissance	3
Early Italian Renaissance	2
Early Renaissance art	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11763308 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Early Renaissance
Context triple: [The Tribute Money (Masaccio), movement, Early Renaissance]

A. Renaissance
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.
B. Renaissance
Renaissance is Beyoncé’s critically acclaimed 2022 dance-oriented studio album that blends house, disco, and club music influences into a celebratory exploration of Black queer culture and liberation.
C. Renaissance
Renaissance is a centrist, pro-European political party in France founded by Emmanuel Macron and serving as the main vehicle for his presidential majority.
D. Renaissance
Renaissance is a British progressive rock band formed in the late 1960s, known for blending rock with classical and folk influences and featuring complex, symphonic arrangements.
E. Renaissance
"Renaissance" is a political and economic work by former Czech president Václav Klaus that critiques European integration and contemporary liberalism from a conservative, eurosceptic perspective.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Early Renaissance
Target entity description: The Early Renaissance was a period in European art and culture, primarily in 15th-century Italy, marked by a revival of classical ideals, the development of linear perspective, and a new emphasis on naturalism and humanism.

A. Renaissance
Renaissance is Beyoncé’s critically acclaimed 2022 dance-oriented studio album that blends house, disco, and club music influences into a celebratory exploration of Black queer culture and liberation.
B. Renaissance
Renaissance is a British progressive rock band formed in the late 1960s, known for blending rock with classical and folk influences and featuring complex, symphonic arrangements.
C. Renaissance
Renaissance is a centrist, pro-European political party in France founded by Emmanuel Macron and serving as the main vehicle for his presidential majority.
D. Renaissance
"Renaissance" is a political and economic work by former Czech president Václav Klaus that critiques European integration and contemporary liberalism from a conservative, eurosceptic perspective.
E. Renaissance
Renaissance is a renowned UK-based record label and club brand known for its influential role in the global progressive house and trance scenes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artistic period ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ historical period ⓘ
follows	Gothic art ⓘ International Gothic ⓘ linked to: International Gothic style
hasApproximateEndYear	1490 ⓘ
hasApproximateStartYear	1400 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	emphasis on humanism ⓘ emphasis on naturalism ⓘ increased use of oil painting in some regions ⓘ individualized portraiture ⓘ rational spatial organization ⓘ revival of classical antiquity ⓘ revival of classical orders in architecture ⓘ study of anatomy ⓘ use of centralized church plans ⓘ use of chiaroscuro ⓘ use of linear perspective ⓘ
hasEndTime	late 15th century ⓘ
hasField	architecture ⓘ painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
hasIntellectualContext	Italian humanism ⓘ
hasKeyInnovation	mathematical linear perspective ⓘ revival of freestanding nude sculpture ⓘ systematic use of vanishing point ⓘ
hasKeyWork	David by Donatello ⓘ linked to: David (sculpture) by Donatello Dome of Florence Cathedral by Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ linked to: Florence Cathedral dome Gates of Paradise by Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ linked to: Gates of Paradise (Lorenzo Ghiberti) Primavera by Sandro Botticelli ⓘ The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli ⓘ linked to: Sandro Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" The Holy Trinity by Masaccio ⓘ The Tribute Money by Masaccio ⓘ linked to: The Tribute Money (Masaccio)
hasLanguageContext	Latin scholarship ⓘ vernacular Italian culture ⓘ
hasMainRegion	Florence ⓘ Italy ⓘ Tuscany ⓘ
hasMajorCenter	Florence ⓘ Padua ⓘ Rome ⓘ Venice ⓘ
hasNotableArchitect	Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ Leon Battista Alberti ⓘ
hasNotableArtist	Andrea Mantegna ⓘ Donatello ⓘ Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ Fra Angelico ⓘ Masaccio ⓘ Paolo Uccello ⓘ Piero della Francesca ⓘ Sandro Botticelli ⓘ
hasNotableSculptor	Donatello ⓘ Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ
hasPatronageSystem	Italian city-states ⓘ Medici family ⓘ
hasStartTime	early 15th century ⓘ
influenced	High Renaissance ⓘ Mannerism ⓘ Northern Renaissance ⓘ
influencedBy	classical Greek art ⓘ classical Roman art ⓘ humanist philosophy ⓘ scholarly study of antiquity ⓘ
partOf	Renaissance ⓘ
precedes	High Renaissance ⓘ

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Referenced by (111)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Tribute Money (Masaccio) → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

subject linked to: The Tribute Money

Domenico Ghirlandaio → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Cosimo Rosselli → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Coronation of the Virgin by Fra Angelico → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Luca Signorelli → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Pythagorean tuning → dominantInPeriod → early Renaissance ⓘ

linked to: Early Renaissance

The Ideal City → timePeriod → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Aragonese kings of Naples → historicalPeriod → Early Renaissance ⓘ

The Flagellation of Christ → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Resurrection (Piero della Francesca) → artHistoricalPeriod → Early Renaissance ⓘ

subject linked to: Resurrection

Madonna del Parto → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Legend of the True Cross fresco cycle → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Brera Madonna → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Saint Jerome and a Donor → artHistoricalPeriod → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Polyptych of the Misericordia → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

David (bronze) → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Gattamelata → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Penitent Magdalene → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Feast of Herod → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Cantoria (Singing Gallery) → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Saint Mark (Donatello) → artHistoricalPeriod → Early Renaissance ⓘ

subject linked to: Saint Mark

Equestrian statue of Gattamelata → artisticPeriod → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Pazzi Madonna → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Pazzi Madonna → artPeriod → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Giovanni dei Dolci → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Francesco Laurana → era → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Luca della Robbia → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Quattrocento art → hasMovement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Nuno Gonçalves → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Giovanni di Nicolao di Arnolfini → chronologicallyWithin → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Book VI (History of the Florentine People) → literaryPeriod → Early Renaissance ⓘ

subject linked to: Book VI

Madonna of the Carnation → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

subject linked to: Madonna of the Carnation by Leonardo da Vinci

Villa Medici at Careggi → era → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Michelozzo → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Giotto di Bondone → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

subject linked to: di Bondone

Madonna Benois → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Walter Frye → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Andrea Pisano → movement → early Renaissance ⓘ

linked to: Early Renaissance

Guido di Pietro → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Annunciation (Cortona) → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

San Marco Altarpiece → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Last Judgement (Florence) → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Frescoes of the Convent of San Marco → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Fra Giovanni da Fiesole → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Benozzo Gozzoli → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Procession of the Magi fresco cycle → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Adoration of the Magi by Leonardo da Vinci → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Allegory of Spring → period → Early Renaissance ⓘ

Baptism of Christ → movement → Early Renaissance ⓘ

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