The Northern Renaissance

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The Northern Renaissance
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Northern Renaissance Begins

• Renaissance ideas spread out of Italy into
  Northern Europe
• Major focus on realism inspires social reform

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German Painters

• Albrecht Durer
• Carvings and engravings
• Religious figures, myths, and landscapes
• Work helped spread Renaissance ideas

• Hans Hoblein
• Influenced by Durer
• Paintings were almost photographic

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Northern Writers Reform Society

• Humanists become critical of the Christian Church
  
• This leads to Christian Humanism a focus on
  reforming society to educate all.

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Christian Humanists

• Desiderius Erasmus
• Holland
• Made fun of merchants, lovers, priests, etc in
  The Praise of Folley

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Christian Humanists

• Thomas Moore
• England
• Depicted a society free of greed and war
• Utopia

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Womens Reforms

• Women writers begin to speak out
• Protest for womens education
• Questioned whether boys and girls were treated
  equally

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The Elizabethan Age

• England (Mid 1500s)
• William Shakespeare
• Most famous Elizabethan author
• Focused on classics and human feelings
• Revealed conflict and human flaws

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Shakespeare

• Tragedies
• MacBeth
• Hamlet
• Othello
• Romeo Juliet

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Shakespeare

• Comedies
• Midsummer Nights Dream
• Taming of the Shrew

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Spreading Renaissance Ideas

• Chinese invented block printing
• Movable type in 1405
• Johann Gutenberg
• 1440 in Germany
• Improved the printing press
• Made books cheaper and more accessible
• Allowed greater spread of ideas across Europe

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Legacy of the Renaissance

• Changes in Art
• Drew on styles from Greece and Rome
• More lifelike and realistic
• Use of vernacular language
• Praised individual achievement

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Legacy of the Renaissance

• Changes in Society
• More books led to greater learning and literacy
• New discoveries printed maps and charts
• Humanism changes views
• People begin to questions accepted structures

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Totem Pole Assignment

• Create your own personal totem pole.
• Each level of the pole should signify areas of
  your life.
• Think about what you like to do and create a
  totem pole to illustrate this.