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The Northern Renaissance: Art, Literature, and Printing

Explore the impact of the Northern Renaissance on art, literature, and the spread of ideas through the invention of the printing press. Discover the influential artists, writers, and thinkers of this remarkable period.

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The Northern Renaissance: Art, Literature, and Printing

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  1. Chapter 17 Section 2: The Northern Renaissance

  2. Setting the Stage • Classic ideas impressed academics and students who visited Italy. • Merchants spread ideas from Italy to other European urban centers. • 1400’s Renaissance spread to Northern Europe • England • France • Germany

  3. The Northern Renaissance Begins • Italy governed by city-states • Northern Europe dominated by monarchs • Renaissance Ideas Spreads • Italy • Artistic Ideas centered on religious glorification • Northern Europe • Artistic Ideas inspire humanist thinking which would lead to social reform

  4. Artistic Ideas Spread • France launches war on Italy • Artistic movement goes North to Germany Germany Italy France

  5. German Painters • Hans Hoblein – Most famous for his portraits which were photographic in detail.

  6. Flemish Painters • Pieter Bruegel • Paintings were • Realistic • Detailed • Of the common people • Used rich colors, vivid details of everyday life

  7. Flemish Artist • Harmensz van Rijn Rembrandt • Was greatest of the Northern Renaissance artists • Known for his use of light and shadow

  8. Northern Writers Try to Reform Society • Renaissance writers produced work in the vernacular or in one’s own language. • Northern writers adopted the use of humanism in their writings. • Many writers gave their writings a more religious slant were known as Christian Humanists

  9. Christian Humanists • Sir Thomas More • Writer who wrote about the flaws of society • Most famous work • Utopia – Greek term meaning “No Place” in English came to mean “Ideal Place” • Utopia was about a place that was free from war, crime and greed.

  10. English writer Poet and playwright *Greatest Plays Romeo and Juliet Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Hamlet Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare

  11. *The Elizabethan Age • *Renaissance of England • Named after the youngest daughter of Henry VIII • Queen Elizabeth I • Good Queen Bess • Patron of the arts in England • *Funded the literature works of William Shakespeare

  12. Printing Spreads Renaissance Ideas • Block printed items reached Europe from China • *Johann Gutenberg • Reinvented moveable type in 1440 • Craftsman from Germany

  13. Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press • *Gutenberg invented the printing press • Invention used to mass produce written work • First printed work = BIBLE • Only 46 copies remain of Gutenberg Bible

  14. *Printing Spreads Learning • Enabled mass production of printed word – Books (became less expensive) • New ideas were easily spread (*secular ideas spread too) • Vernacular became more common • People could not afford “Classical” education. • Questioning the Bible since they could read it on own! • *Development of printing led to increased literacy – the ability to read. • *Shakespeare’s poems circulated

  15. Quick Review • What country did Elizabeth I rule as queen and support the development of Renaissance ideals in her nation? • What was the result of the Elizabethan Age? • Who invented the printing press? • What were the effects of the printing press?

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