1 / 23

Bell-Ringer

Bell-Ringer. Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife Incredible detail, in an ordinary image Jan van Eyck Flemish School, fused the everyday w/Religion Light shining through a window, or a single-lit candle represented God’s presence . The Northern Renaissance.

dacian
Download Presentation

Bell-Ringer

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Bell-Ringer • Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife • Incredible detail, in an ordinary image • Jan van Eyck • Flemish School, fused the everyday w/Religion • Light shining through a window, or a single-lit candle represented God’s presence

  2. The Northern Renaissance • Where did the Renaissance begin? Why? • By the 1500s, cities such as London, Amsterdam & Paris grew • Growth of CitiesIncreaseTradeCultural Diffusion • Three major factors contributed to the emergence of a Northern Renaissance: Trade, Movement of Artists & Scholars, and the Development of Printing • Remember, keep our Central Focus/Idea in mind: Was the Renaissance an explosion of creativity & innovation, or simply a rebirth of Classical Ideas?

  3. Trade Hanseatic League • Merchant organization that controlled trade throughout northern Europe • Protected its members from pirates & other hazards • Brought goods, as well as the ideas of the Italian Renaissance

  4. Trade Italian Artists • Fled to northern Europe to escape violent clashes between armies of northern monarchs and the wealthy Italian cities • Brought their humanist ideals & new painting techniques with them Northern Scholars • Travelled to Italy for education • Brought back ideas with them when they returned home • Newly wealthy Europeans became able to afford higher education, universities established in France, the Netherlands & Germany

  5. Johannes GutenbergMost Influential Inventor…Ever? • Invented the Printing Press in 1450s • Cast the letters of the alphabet onto metal plates & locked those plates into a wooden press • With movable type, text could be quickly printed on both sides of a sheet of paper

  6. Printing Press DBQ • DBQ- Document Based Question • Look at a collection of Documents (4) & use those to answer a specific Question • What Was the Most Important Consequence of the Printing Press? • Read the background essay! • When examining each document, feel free to mark them up! Write down the main idea, what you think the images represent, etc. • Explain what each Document represents (Hint: Consequence of the Printing Press), and then chose the Document that you believe answers the Question above. DO NOT say, “I think Document #2 is the most important because it is a map…” • Confused? We’ll go through the 1st step together, but this is to be turned in as a Written Assignment (Two Paragraph Minimum)---Separate Sheet, staple to the back.

  7. Johannes Gutenberg • Prior to this, the only way to reproduce writing was by hand • Production of books & other printed materials became faster & cheaper, available to more people as well • First publication-1,282 page Bible • Why a Bible? • Within 35 years, Gutenberg presses found as far as Constantinople • Easier access to books----More people learned to read----Ideas spread quickly

  8. Erasmus • Christian Humanism • Wrote extensively about the need for a pure and simple Christian life • Stripped of the rituals and politics of church on Earth • Fanned the flames of growing discontent with the Roman Catholic Church • Works later censored in Paris and he was condemned by the Church

  9. Sir Thomas More • English Humanist & Statesman • Utopia • Widely read across Europe • Criticism of English government & society • Vision of a perfect, but nonexistent, society based on reason • What would be your version of Utopia?

  10. William Shakespeare • English playwright who drew inspiration from ancient and contemporary works of literature • “was not of an age, but for all time”—Meaning? • Use of language and choice of themes made his plays appeal even to uneducated people

  11. William Shakespeare • Through his plays, Shakespeare helped spread the ideas of the Renaissance to a mass audience • Shift from religious morality plays that were popular during the Middle Ages • Focused on the lives of realistic characters; hugely popular, still today

  12. Christine de Pisan • Writings focused on the role of women in society • Widow who turned to writing as a way of supporting herself & her three children • City of Ladies • Discusses the different views of women and their roles in society • One of the few to champion equality and education for women

  13. Christine de Pisan Quotes • “Not all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did.”  • “The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person lies in the body according to the sex, but in the perfection of conduct and virtues.”  • “[I]f you seek in every way to minimise my firm beliefs by your anti-feminist attacks, please recall that a small dagger or knife point can pierce a great, bulging sack and that a small fly can attack a great lion and speedily put him to flight.” 

  14. Northern Renaissance Artists • Influenced by their Italian counterparts, but adapted to fit their culture • Reflected a more realistic view of humanity • Italian artists focused on trying to capture the beauty of Greek & Roman Gods • Northern Artists often tried to depict people as they really were

  15. Albrecht Durer • German Artist who travelled to Italy & returned with knowledge of realism & perspective • Painted in oils, a medium that characterized the art of northern Europe • Oil paintings allowed more focus on tiny details

  16. Jan van Eyck

  17. Crash Course-Review • Another perspective on the Renaissance • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vufba_ZcoR0 • What is John Green’s argument regarding the Renaissance? • How did it impact the everyday person? • So, was the Renaissance an actual thing?

  18. Review • What three factors allowed the Renaissance to spread North? • How did the development of the Printing Press impact the Renaissance? • Erasmus, Sir Thomas More & Shakespeare had what theme in common? • Northern Renaissance---Rebirth of Classical Ideas, or an explosion of Creativity & Innovation?

  19. Renaissance • Italian & Northern • Simply a ‘Rebirth’ of Classical Ideas? • Why? • Explosion of Innovation & Creativity? • Why? • Bit of both?

More Related