Chapter 13 Lesson 3: The Renaissance Spreads

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Chapter 13 Lesson 3 The Renaissance Spreads
The Merode Altarpiece Robert Campin 1428
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It Spreads

• French and English Monarchs took interest in the
  arts and viewed them as pride in their country so
  they provided strong financial support to
  artists.
• Italian Renaissance artists interacted with
  painters throughout Europe spreading ideas.
• War in Italy causes many artists to move and take
  their ideas with them.

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Northern Renaissance

• The Northern Renaissance differed slightly from
  the Italian Renaissance.
• 1. Focused less on the Classics of Greece and
  Rome
• 2. More focused on works that detailed everyday
  life.

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Shakespeare

• William Shakespeare - wrote comedies, tragedies,
  and history plays that portrayed realistic human
  nature.
• His most famous works include Hamlet, Romeo and
  Juliet, Julius Caesar, and MacBeath.
• Elizabethan Age A time when England was ruled
  by Queen Elizabeth I who strongly supported the
  Renaissance.

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Advances in Science and Technology

• Scientists developed new theories about the
  Universe the earth revolves around the sun in
  an elliptical orbit while rotating.
• Advancements in Anatomy began dissecting human
  beings for study.
• Explorers began to draw more accurate maps.
• Mathematicians introduced numbers in Algebraic
  equations.

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The Printing Press

• Most Significant technological advancement was
  the Printing Press invented by a German Johann
  Gutenberg.
• This was a machine that pressed paper against a
  full tray of movable type.
• Moveable type are letters or words made out of
  small metal alloy that could be moved around or
  arranged in different ways. The metal was than
  covered with ink and paper was rolled through.

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Impact of Printing Press

• Previously it took months to write one book! Now
  hundreds of books could be made in same amount of
  time.
• Books became cheaper. More people learned to
  read. More people began to learn. New Ideas
  spread.
• More people began to write in the Vernacular or
  their native language. Latin starts to die out.
• Bible becomes written in the vernacular so more
  people could understand it and interpret it for
  themselves.