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The Renaissance North and South . Basic Ideas. Meaning of Renaissance Giorgio Vasari French historians Humanism Study of Classical texts and art Petrarch Vernacular Time line Locations Italy Northern Europe . The Italian States. Renaissance Italy . Not unified Public service
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The Renaissance North and South
Basic Ideas • Meaning of Renaissance • Giorgio Vasari • French historians • Humanism • Study of Classical texts and art • Petrarch • Vernacular • Time line • Locations • Italy • Northern Europe
Renaissance Italy • Not unified • Public service • Autocratic Rulers and political intrigue • Medicis • Niccolo Machiavelli • Alexander VI • Julius II • Trade with the East • Sumptuary laws
Art & Culture • “From artisan to artist” • Linear perspective and vanishing point • Classical influence • Spiritual essence • Realism • Political writings • The Prince • Idea of the “Renaissance Man”
Northern Europe
Northern Europe • Everywhere that isn’t Italy • France • Flanders (Modern-day Belgium) • England • Holy Roman Empire • Ruled by kings, emperors, and dukes
Northern Humanists • Scholarly • Believed in the vernacular • “Christian humanists” • Christianity in history • Desiderius Erasmus • Thomas More • Reuchlin (Studied Judaism) • Gutenberg and the printing press • Upper and lower case letters
Northern Art • Centered in Flanders • Studied in Italy • Painted with oil, not tempera • More religious • Ordinary subjects • Realism • Portraits