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Renaissance (Rebirth). Western Europe 1300-1400. Northern Renaissance. Northern Renaissance. Longer Black Death recovery time = delayed start of the Renaissance (1450 CE) The Renaissance began in Flanders, but quickly spread into Northern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
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Renaissance(Rebirth) Western Europe 1300-1400
Northern Renaissance • Longer Black Death recovery time = delayed start of the Renaissance (1450 CE) • The Renaissance began in Flanders, but quickly spread into Northern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands
Northern Artists • Albrecht Durer • Studied under Italian artists and spread their techniques • Known as a true “Renaissance Man” • Interested in art and intellectual topics
Flemish Painters • Jan and Hubert van Eyck – developed realistic art and first used oil as a painting medium • Pieter Bruegel – painted daily life and inspired artists to portray everyday themes • Peter Paul Rubens – combined realism with classical artistic techniques (another true Renaissance Man!)
Northern Humanists • Stressed combining classical learning and religious studies • Sir Thomas Moore – social/econ reforms • Wrote Utopia which describes an ideal and peaceful society
Northern Humanists • Erasmus – Dutch Humanist (church reforms) • Wrote The Praise and Folly which exposed the immoral and unethical behaviors of the church and called for church reform
Literature • Began writing in the vernacular • Rabelais = French humanist who wrote about education and religion through comic medium • Cervantes = Spanish writer who wrote Don Quixote which mocks the Middle Ages
William Shakespeare • English poet and playwright • Most famous Renaissance writer • Wrote 37 plays classified as comedies, tragedies, history, love stories, and war tales • Introduce 17,000+ words • Still applauded in modern society!
Printing Revolution • 1300s – paper making reaches Europe from the Chinese • 1400s – Germans invented movable type • 1456 – Johann Gutenberg printed the Bible using moveable metal type = begins the printing revolution in Europe! • Results = people can afford books, literature influenced more people, increased literacy, and allowed people to develop individual religious philosophies…