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Northern Renaissance. **. What was going on?. 1400 – 1550 Northern Europe (Focus on Germany , Flanders , and Netherlands ) Reformation Split from the Catholic Church Invention of the Printing Press Higher rates of literacy. Characteristics. European, but not Italian
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What was going on? • 1400 – 1550 • Northern Europe (Focus on Germany, Flanders, and Netherlands) • Reformation • Split from the Catholic Church • Invention of the Printing Press • Higher rates of literacy
Characteristics • European, but not Italian • Without a direct link to Rome and Greece • Lacking Classical features • Detailed, but not humanism (think strands of hair, but not definition of muscle) • Primarily oil painting on wood • Gradual change from Medieval Era into Renaissance • Subjects and patrons are not elites
Characteristics VERY religious, but doesn’t use religious figures (God, Jesus, Mary, Saints) VERY subtle use of symbolism
Style • Similarities to Medieval Art • Printmaking is common • Focus on colour and detail • Religious/symbolic
Creation of the World (Garden of Earthly Delights outer wings) Hieronymus Bosch c. 1504
** The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych Hieronymus Bosch c. 1504
** The Garden of Earthly Delights Hieronymus Bosch c. 1504
** Paradise (left panel of triptych) Hieronymus Bosch c. 1504
** Hell (right panel of triptych) Hieronymus Bosch c. 1504
Self Portrait at 22 (1st) Albrecht Durer 1493
** Self Portrait at 28 Albrecht Durer 1500
Adam and Eve Albrecht Durer 1504 engraving
Detail of fire Detail with bird
Differences Between the Italian and the Northern Renaissance Italian Renaissance Took place in Italy. More secular (non-religious). Anatomy, attention to human detail (humanism) Fresco (paint on wet plaster). Focus on Greece & Rome (domes, pillars, arches.). Enjoyment of, and indulging on, worldly goods. Northern Renaissance Outside of Italy, but within Europe. Without a direct link to Rome and Greece, it was more religious. Focus on color and detail, but not humanism (think strands of hair, but not definition of muscle.) Oil painting on wood. Gradual change from the Medieval Era into the Renaissance. Focus on the sciences and mathematics.