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Renaissance in the North Chapter 14

Renaissance in the North Chapter 14. Ideas spread northward huge impact on the culture of the northern European countries English drama reaches a high point (Shakespeare) Northern Renaissance emphasis on individualism. Spread of Humanism.

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Renaissance in the North Chapter 14

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  1. Renaissance in the NorthChapter 14 • Ideas spread northward • huge impact on the culture of the northern European countries • English drama reaches a high point (Shakespeare) • Northern Renaissance emphasis on individualism

  2. Spread of Humanism • Francis I (r. 1515-1547) imported Italian artists (e.g., Leonardo da Vinci) • Charles V ruled Holy Roman Empire and Spain till 1556. Invaded Italy (Rome in 1527) • Elizabeth I in England made her court a center of art and learning • Shakespeare heavily indebted to esp. Roman authors

  3. Art in Germany Albrecht Dürer - In Italy, studied linear perspective and human anatomy Matthias Grünewald - seems to connect more with Medieval Art than Ren

  4. Art in the Netherlands(see pp. 340-1) Hieronymus Bosch Pieter Bruegel the Elder

  5. Music in Elizabethan England • Shows influence of Italian Renaissance • 1588 Musica Transalpina (Music from across the Alps) • see p. 347 • Thomas Morley • wrote many Madrigals • William Byrd • wrote for virginal (see iTunes Pavana Lachrymae) • John Dowland • ayres (airs) • melancholy songs for voice and lute • “Flow, My Tears” • lute virtuoso • his music very popular with classical guitarist today

  6. Drama in England • strongly impacted by the Italian Renaissance • with the printing press books became plentiful and cheaper • spread of literacy • Classical dramas of Seneca and others became popular • traveling groups of actors formed • Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare are the two best know dramatists from this period

  7. William Shakespeare(see pp. 350-352) • 1564-1616 • “universally acknowledged as the greatest writer in the English language” • little know of his life • by 1592 is an actor and playwright in London • Tragedies, Comedies, and Histories • “Through his protagonist, [he] explores the great problems of human existence…”

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