Topic outline of the Renaissance

Topic outline of the Renaissance

The Renaissance (French for "rebirth"), was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th through the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. It is characterized by the revival of classical teachings, the rise of courtly and papal patronage, the development of perspective in painting, and advancements in science.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to the Renaissance:

Essence of the Renaissance

: "Main article: Renaissance"

* Cultural movement
* Time period, age, or era

History of the Renaissance period

* Early modern Europe
* High Renaissance

Renaissance developments by field

*Gunpowder warfare
*Renaissance architecture
** Renaissance architecture in Eastern Europe
** Elizabethan architecture (Early English Renaissance architecture)
** French Renaissance architecture
** German Renaissance architecture
** Italian Renaissance architecture
** Polish Cathedral style
** Architecture of the Spanish Renaissance
*Renaissance dance
** English Renaissance dance
** French Renaissance dance
** German Renaissance dance
** Italian Renaissance dance
** Spanish Renaissance dance
*Renaissance literature
** Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature (Netherlands)
** English Renaissance literature
** French Renaissance literature
** German Renaissance literature
** Italian Renaissance literature
** Spanish Renaissance literature
** Swedish reformation and Renaissance literature
*Renaissance music
** English Renaissance music
** French Renaissance music
** German Renaissance music
** Italian Renaissance music
** Spanish Renaissance music
*Renaissance painting
** Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting (Netherlands)
*** Early Netherlandish painting
** English Renaissance painting
** French Renaissance painting
** German Renaissance painting
** Italian Renaissance painting
*** Italian Renaissance painting, development of themes
** Spanish Renaissance painting
*Renaissance philosophy
** English Renaissance philosophy
** French Renaissance philosophy
** German Renaissance philosophy
** Italian Renaissance philosophy
** Renaissance humanism
** Spanish Renaissance philosophy
*History of science in the Renaissance
*Renaissance technology
** English Renaissance technology
** French Renaissance technology
** German Renaissance technology
** Italian Renaissance technology
** Spanish Renaissance technology
* Renaissance theatre
** English Renaissance theatre
** French Renaissance theatre
** German Renaissance theatre
** Italian Renaissance theatre
** Spanish Renaissance theatre

The Renaissance by region

*Italian Renaissance (1450–1600)
**Italian Renaissance architecture
**Italian Renaissance dance
**Italian Renaissance literature
**Italian Renaissance music
**Italian Renaissance painting
*** Italian Renaissance painting, development of themes
**Italian Renaissance philosophy
**Italian Renaissance science
**Italian Renaissance technology
**Italian Renaissance theatre
*Northern Renaissance (1494-1650
**English Renaissance (1588–1629)
***Elizabethan architecture (Early English Renaissance architecture))
***English Renaissance dance
***English Renaissance literature
***English Renaissance music
***English Renaissance painting
***English Renaissance philosophy
***English Renaissance science
***English Renaissance technology
***English Renaissance theatre
**French Renaissance (1494-1610)
***French Renaissance architecture
***French Renaissance dance
***French Renaissance literature
***French Renaissance music
***French Renaissance painting
***French Renaissance philosophy
***French Renaissance science
***French Renaissance technology
***French Renaissance theatre
**German Renaissance
***German Renaissance architecture
***German Renaissance dance
***German Renaissance literature
***German Renaissance music
***German Renaissance painting
***German Renaissance philosophy
***German Renaissance science
***German Renaissance technology
***German Renaissance theatre
**Renaissance in the Netherlands (Holland)
***Netherlands Renaissance architecture
***Netherlands Renaissance dance
***Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature
***Netherlands Renaissance music
***Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting
**** Early Netherlandish painting
***Netherlands Renaissance philosophy
***Netherlands Renaissance science
***Netherlands Renaissance technology
***Netherlands Renaissance theatre
**Renaissance in Poland (1500-1650)
***Poland Renaissance architecture
**** Polish Cathedral style
***Poland Renaissance dance
***Poland Renaissance literature
***Poland Renaissance music
***Poland Renaissance painting
***Poland Renaissance philosophy
***Poland Renaissance science
***Poland Renaissance technology
***Poland Renaissance theatre
**Spanish Renaissance (1550-1587)
***Spanish Renaissance architecture
***Spanish Renaissance dance
***Spanish Renaissance literature
***Spanish Renaissance music
***Spanish Renaissance painting
***Spanish Renaissance philosophy
***Spanish Renaissance science
***Spanish Renaissance technology
***Spanish Renaissance theatre

Renaissance Historiography

* Historiography of 12th century Renaissance

Basic Renaissance-related concepts

* Allegory in Renaissance literature
* Polymath
* Renaissance fair
* Renaissance Latin
* Renaissance magic
* Renaissance man

Important figures from the Renaissance

Renaissance composers

Renaissance painters

Leonardo da Vinci with Michelangelo and Raphael form the traditional trinity of great masters of the Renaissance.

Renaissance philosophers

* Petrarch (1304-1374)
* Leonardo Bruni (1374-1444)
* Lorenzo Valla (1405-1457)
* Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499)
* Pietro Pomponazzi (1462-1525)
* Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494)
* Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)
* Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527)
* Thomas More (1478-1535)
* Francisco de Vitoria (c.1480–1546)
* Martin Luther (1483-1546)
* Juan Luis Vives (1492-1540)
* Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)
* Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)
* Francisco Suárez (1548-1617)
* Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
* Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
* René Descartes (1596-1650)
* Nicholas of Cusa (1401 – 1464)
* Tommaso Campanella (1568 – 1639)
* Franciscus Patricius (1529 - 1597)
* Hugo Grotius (1583-1645)
* Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679)
* Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531)

Renaissance lists

: "Main article: List of Renaissance topics"

*Renaissance (disambiguation)
*List of Renaissance structures
*List of English Renaissance theatres
*List of Renaissance figures
**Byzantine scholars in the Renaissance
**List of Renaissance composers
**List of Flemish painters

See also

* Canons of Renaissance poetry

Other periods of cultural "rebirth"

* African Renaissance
* American Renaissance
* Bengal Renaissance
* Byzantine Renaissance
* Carolingian Renaissance
* European Urban Renaissance
* Harlem Renaissance
* Hawaiian Renaissance
* Macedonian Renaissance
* Native American Renaissance
* Neo-Renaissance
* Ottonian Renaissance
* Renaissance of the 12th century
* San Francisco Renaissance
* Scottish Renaissance
* Southern Renaissance (United States)
* Urban renaissance (UK)
* Yiddish Renaissance

External links

* [http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_list_medieval.htm Notable Medeival and Renaissance Women]
* [http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~dvess/ids/women/renwom.html Ancient and Renaissance women] by Dr. Deborah Vess
* cite web |publisher= Victoria and Albert Museum
url= http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/british_galleries/bg_styles/Style01a/index.html
title= Renaissance Style Guide
work=British Galleries
accessdate= 2007-07-16

*Interactive Resources
** [http://www.compart-multimedia.com/virtuale/us/florence/florence.htm Florence: 3D Panoramas of Florentine Renaissance Sites(English/Italian)]
** [http://www.renaissanceconnection.org/main.cfm Multimedia Exploration of the Renaissance]
** [http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/free_stuff/renaissance/frameset.htm Virtual Journey to Renaissance Florence]
** [http://interconnected.org/home/more/davinci/ RSS News Feed: Get an entry from Leonardo's Journal delivered each day]

*Lectures and Galleries
** [http://www.museobagattivalsecchi.org The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum]
** [http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/REN/IDEA.HTM The Idea of the Renaissance]
** [http://www.medievalhistory.net/islamica.htm The Islamic Foundation of the Renaissance]
** [http://www.elrelojdesol.com/leonardo-da-vinci/gallery-english/index.htm Leonardo da Vinci, Gallery of Paintings and Drawings]
** [http://www.all-art.org/history214_contents_Renaissance.html Renaissance in the "History of Art"]
** [http://www.rensoc.org.uk/ The Society for Renaissance Studies]


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