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Northern Renaissance Late 1400’s

Explore the late 1400s Northern Renaissance from recovery post-plague to spread of Christian ideas in Northern Europe under monarchs. Discover influential figures like Durer, Holbein, Chaucer, and Shakespeare, alongside Flemish painters' protest against Spanish rule. Learn about significant reforms by Christian humanists and the Elizabethan age in England. Experience the impact of the Printing Press and the new art styles born from the Renaissance. Test your knowledge with summary questions and delve into extra credit materials like "Shakespeare in Love" and "Merchant of Venice."

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Northern Renaissance Late 1400’s

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  1. Northern Renaissance Late 1400’s • Homework: 46-51 • Extra Credit: Girl with a Pearl Earring

  2. Beginnings • By 1450 Northern Europe began to recover from plague • Unlike Italy’s city states the Northern areas were unified under monarchs. • Christian rather then secular ideas were maintained.

  3. Spread of Ideas in Germany • Both an invasion of Northern Italy and artist traveling to Germany brought Renaissance Ideas • Durer and Holbein were the most famous with realistic picture quality painting

  4. Flemish Painters • As in Italy was precipitated by rise in middle class • Van Eyck became famous for his new technique of oil painting (helped in subtlety of color) • Brugel was influenced by van Eyck and used paintings to protest Spanish rule, and capture every day life.

  5. Reform: Christian Humanist • Geoffrey Chaucer: Led changes in England as a vernacular writer (Canterbury Tales) • Desiderius Erasmus (Holland): Believed that to improve society everyone should study the bible. (Praise of Folly) • Thomas More (England): wrote about a perfect society (Utopia)

  6. Shakespeare • Shakespeare was also known for his humanistic play writing. He examined peoples greatest assets and flaws • He often used the classics as background

  7. What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and in moving, how express and admirable in action, how like an angel in apprehension, how like a god! The Paragon of animals. -Hamlet

  8. Elizabethan Age (1558-1603) • The Renaissance in England is also known as the Elizabethan age • Queen Elizabeth never married to prevent from losing power • She was considered to be the “queen mother” • She favored the arts including writing poetry herself

  9. Printing Press • Block printing was first developed in china. • The Printing press was created by a German Johann Gutenberg • The first published book being the Gutenberg bible

  10. Importance of the Renaissance • New art styles • Humanistic Ideal • Individuality • The effects of books

  11. Summary Questions • What does Utopia mean in Greek? • What was the first European book that was printed? • What book did Thomas Mores write? • Where was the printing press created? Who created it?

  12. Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride by Jan van Eyck (1370-1440)

  13. The Adoration of the Lamb by Hubert and Jan van Eyck 1432

  14. Extra Credit Film: • Shakespeare in Love(many historical inaccuracies) (evidence and Interpretations) • Merchant of Venice- Shakespeare play keep in mind the anti-semitism of the time

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