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Chapter 1 Section 2 Reading Focus. Which artists brought the Renaissance to northern Europe? What themes did humanist thinkers and other writers explore? What impact did the printing revolution have on Europe?. Chapter 1 Section 2 Vocabulary.
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Chapter 1 Section 2 Reading Focus • Which artists brought the Renaissance to northern Europe? • What themes did humanist thinkers and other writers explore? • What impact did the printing revolution have on Europe?
Chapter 1 Section 2 Vocabulary • Engraving- art form in which an artist etches a design on metal plate with acid and then uses the plate to make prints. • Vernacular- everyday language of ordinary people. • Utopian- the ideal society
Background 1050–1350 • Population growth • Economic development • City-states 1200–late 1500s • Artistic achievements Giovanni Bellini, Sacra Conversazione
Intellectual Developments • Humanism • Revival of antiquity • Importance of the individual • Celebration of humanity • Secular/worldly focus Titian, Assumption of the Virgin
Renaissance Architecture • Classical influences • Mathematical harmony • The circle
Albrecht Dürer • 1471–1528 • Introduced Italian Renaissance style of art to Germany Dürer, self-portrait
Hans Holbein the Younger • 1497–1543 • German painter • Became court painter to King Henry VIII of England Holbein, self-portrait A Holbein portrait of King Henry VIII
Jan van Eyck • 1390–1441 • Painted in oils • Detail, realism Van Eyck, Man in a Red Turban (possibly a self-portrait)
The Northern Renaissance • More focused on Christianity than the Italian Renaissance • Began late 15thcentury/early 16th century Altarpiece for the Cathedral of St. Bavo in Ghent, created by Northern Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck
The Printing Press • Invented by Johann Gutenberg in the mid-1400s • Made printed works cheaper and more readily available • Increased literacy in Europe • Helped spread new ideas A replica of Gutenberg’s printing press
Christian Humanism • Union of classical influences and Christianity • Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536) • Influence on northern Renaissance art Christian humanist scholar Desiderius Erasmus A woodcut of Adam and Eve by Albrecht Durer, a German Renaissance artist