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CH. 13: THE RENAISSANCE

CH. 13: THE RENAISSANCE . LESSON 3: THE RENAISSANCE SPREADS. MAIN IDEAS. The ideas of the Italian Renaissance spread to northern Europe. The Northern Renaissance produced its share of significant art, literature, and learning.

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CH. 13: THE RENAISSANCE

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  1. CH. 13: THE RENAISSANCE • LESSON 3: THE RENAISSANCE SPREADS

  2. MAIN IDEAS • The ideas of the Italian Renaissance spread to northern Europe. • The Northern Renaissance produced its share of significant art, literature, and learning. • The invention of the printing press helped to spread Renaissance ideas throughout Europe.

  3. THE RENAISSANCE MOVES NORTHEQ: WHAT FACTORS HELPED THE RENAISSANCE SPREAD NORTH? • GROWTH OF CITIES • Expanded trade & growth of cities spread Renaissance across Europe. Growing wealthy merchant class eager to support artists • ROLE OF MONARCHS • Unified governments of England, France supported the arts with money; viewed artistic achievement as source of national pride • CULTURAL INTERACTION • 1494-1559, artists fled war in Italy; moved to northern Europe; artists interacted; shared ideas, styles

  4. NORTHERN ARTISTS AND WRITERSESSENTIAL QUESTION HOW DID THE NORTHERN AND ITALIAN RENAISSANCE DIFFER? • NORTHERN AND ITALIAN RENAISSANCE DIFFER • Northern scholars did not study classics as Italians did • Northern painters much more detailed in depiction of everyday life • GERMAN AND FLEMISH (BELGIAN DUTCH) PAINTERS • Germanyʼs Albrecht Dürer created detailed woodcuts, paintings; The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was one of his most famous works • Jan Van Eyck was Flemish painter whose work contained minute details

  5. Durer/4 Horsemen Van Eyck/Arnolfini Portrait

  6. NORTHERN ARTISTS AND WRITERSRQ: WHAT QUALITIES DID THE PAINTINGS OF MANY NORTHERN ARTISTS HAVE? • NORTHERN WRITERS • William Shakespeare—most famous northern Renaissance writer, playwright; born 1564 in England. His plays show understanding of human nature & history. Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet are plays still performed today • THE ELIZABETHAN AGE • Elizabethan Age—period in England led by Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603). She was educated, wrote poetry, supported artists like Shakespeare

  7. Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. It is a wise father that knows his own child. If music be the food of love, play on. The empty vessel makes the loudest sound. To be, or not to be, that is the question. Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. To thine own self be true, I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

  8. ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYEQ: WHAT RENAISSANCE ADVANCES OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE ARTS? • MATH AND SCIENCE • Renaissance scholars began using letters in algebraic equations • Scientists put forth new theories about the universe and the Earth • Advances also occurred in fields of anatomy and cartography (maps)

  9. Copernicus/ Heliocentric/1543 Amusco/ Anatomy/1559 Galileo/ Telescope/1610

  10. ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYRQ: What effects did the printing press have on European society? • THE PRINTING PRESS • Johann Gutenberg—printing press inventor (machine that pressed paper against inked movable type); printed Bible in 1455 • THE IMPACT OF PRINTING • Books became widespread and cheap; more people learned to read - Renaissance ideas spread more rapidly across Europe • Writers wrote in the vernacular—native language—rather than Latin • Mass printing of Bible allowed individual and possibly incorrect interpretation

  11. 1395-1468 Mainz, Germany 1455 - in Latin 1440 Around 180 originally printed (150 on paper; 30 on animal skin) 21 full & 28 partial copies survive

  12. LESSON SUMMARY & SO WHAT • LESSON SUMMARY • The growth of cities and the support of monarchs contributed to the spread of Renaissance ideas. • The Northern Renaissance produced many great artists, writers, scientists, and inventors. • Printing and the use of the vernacular helped to spread Renaissance ideas and increase learning. • WHY IT MATTERS NOW . . . • Printing is used everywhere in todayʼs world, including in books, Websites, and newspapers.

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