The Renaissance in the North

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The Renaissance in the North

• Chapter 1 Section 2
• Objectives
• Explain how the Printing revolution shaped
  European society
• Describe the themes that northern European
  artists, humanists and writers explored

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I. The Printing Revolution

• Johann Gutenberg
• Invented the Printing Press
• Mass printing
• First print was the Bible
• Originally books were copied by hand

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II. Northern Renaissance Artists

• Flemish Painters
• Jan van Eyck
• Portrayal of townspeople
• The Arnolfini Marriage
• Religious scenes
• Detailed
• Rich
• Realistic
• Albrecht Dürer
• Studied the Italian Masters
• Applied painting techniques to engraving
• Religious upheaval
• Reffered to as the Leonardo of the North

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III. Northern Humanists and Writers

• Humanists stressed
• Education
• Classical learning
• Looking for religious and social reform
• Used vernacular
• Everyday language of ordinary people
• More and more people now had an opportunity to
  learn how to read

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• Erasmus
• Dutch priest
• The Philosophy of Christ
• Christianity should show people how to live their
  lives rather than show them how to believe
• Public forms of religious practice were not
  important
• Produced a Greek edition of the Bible
• Church Reform
• Erasmus believed that three things should be done
  for Church reform
• Spread the Philosophy of Christ
• Provide Education
• Criticize the abuses of the church
• Praise of Folly
• It humorously criticized the aspects of the
  Catholic Church

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• Sir Thomas Moore
• Utopia
• The ideal society where all live in peace and
  harmony
• Rabelais
• Gargantua and Pantagruel
• The adventures of two gentle giants
• Comic tale
• Symbolism of religion, education, etc
• William Shakespeare
• First appeared in London in 1592
• Performances at the Globe Theatre
• Cheap admission so shows could be seen by all
• Best known for his plays
• Also an actor and shareholder in an acting group
• Some of his best known works
• Romeo and Juliet
• Othello
• A mid Summer Nights Dream
• Hamlet