THE RENAISSANCE continues in Northern Europe

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THE RENAISSANCE continues in Northern Europe
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The Northern Renaissance

• The Renaissance came later to the north because
  of the plague and the distance from Italy.
• The Northern renaissance began in Flanders -
  modern Belgium, The Netherlands, and northern
  France.
• Albrecht Durer helped spread Italian ideas.

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Flemish Painters

• Jan and Hubert van Eyck portrayed towns people.
• They also developed oil painting.
• Pieter Brueghel was a leading Flemish artist who
  painted scenes of daily life.
• Peter Paul Reubens - painted large voluptuous
  ladies. Hans Holbein portraits of famous people

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Reubens - Yes
Reubens - No
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The Northern Humanists

• The Development of the Printing Press in Germany
  led to the spread of knowledge
• The Philosophers Erasmus and Thomas More were
  great Northern thinkers and writers.
• Erasmus In Praise of Folly,and Mores Utopia

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Northern Literature

• English Literature reached its peak in the late
  1500s, early 1600s.
• William Shakespeare, The Plays Hamlet, Othello,
  Taming of the Shrew, etc.
• Francois Rabelais wrote Gargantua and Pantagruel
• Miquel de Cervantes wrote Don Quixote.

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The Printing Press

• The printing press and cheaper paper made books
  accessible to most people.
• Johann Gutenberg of Mainz, Germany printed a
  complete edition of the bible.
• More people began to learn to read and write.
• The printing press and free thought lead to the
  Protestant Reformation.

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