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European Renaissance & Reformation : Northern Renaissance. 1300-1600. Artistic Ideas Spread. L ate 1400s, N . Europe= England, France, Germany, & Flanders 1 450 , merchants became wealthy= patrons of the arts England & France= unified = patrons of the arts. Artistic Ideas Spread.
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European Renaissance & Reformation: Northern Renaissance 1300-1600
Artistic Ideas Spread • Late 1400s, N. Europe= England, France, Germany, & Flanders • 1450, merchants became wealthy= patrons of the arts • England & France= unified = patrons of the arts
Artistic Ideas Spread • INVASIONS OF ITALY 1494-1527 • Artists & writers left for safer life in N. Europe
Northern Writers Try to Reform Society • Humanists examined the Church, critical of it’s failure to inspire • Christian humanism= reform society w/ education • Believed in Christianity of the heart, all ppl should read the Bible
Elizabethan Age • England, mid-1500s, after Queen Elizabeth I, ruled from 1558-1603 • William Shakespeare- most famous writer, greatest playwright • Inspired by the classics • Understanding of human beings, used dramatic conflict • Famous tragedies: Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, & Romeo & Juliet, and comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, & the Taming of the Shrew
Printing Spreads Ideas • 1440, Johann Gutenberg= printing press–produce books quickly & cheaply • Printed a complete Bible • 1st time so many ppl could buy them
Legacy of the Renaissance • Artistic & social change • Break w/ ideals focused around the Church • Dignity of the individual rise of democratic ideas
Quick Review • Where did Ideas of the Renaissance spread to? • Explain the relationship of humanists and the Church in the north. • Who became well-known during the Elizabethan Age and what are some of his famous works? • What significantly changed the world in 1440?
Activity: • Read your assigned Shakespeare 60 Second Read • Notice the tabloid layout • Summarize the play in a paragraph BOTH OF YOU • Groups of 2 • Make your own tabloid about Julius Caesar • Use 2 quotes from the play and site them, like the article you read • Do a who’s who of the major characters