The Renaissance Moves North

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The Renaissance Moves North
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Renaissance Spreads North

• Northern Europe recovered more slowly from the
  Black Death
• Began in Flanders and spread to Spain, France,
  Germany England

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Northern Renaissance Artists

• Albrecht Durer
• Studied in Italy
• Engravings Design sketched on a metal plate with
  acid
• Spread ideas of Italian Renaissance
• German Leonardo

• Peter Paul Rubens
• Blended realism with classical themes
• Paintings portray pagan figures from the
  classical past

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Northern Humanists

• Erasmus
• Priest
• Called for translation of the bible into the
  vernacular (everyday language of the people)
• Wrote The Praise of Folly to expose ignorant and
  immoral behavior of many people, including clergy.

• Thomas More
• Called for social reform
• Wrote Utopia
• Ideal society in which men and women live in
  peace and harmony
• Utopian- now describes any ideal society

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William Shakespeare

• English poet playwright
• Wrote 37 plays that are still
• performed around the world
• Vastly enriched the English
• language
• 1700 words appeared for the first time in his
  works

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The Printing Revolution

• Johann Gutenburg (Germany)
• Printed first complete edition of the Bible using
  the first printing press and printing inks of the
  west
• The Chinese have practiced the form of printing
  (movable type) from an early time.
• But printing from blocks was slow and costly. The
  art was revolutionized by Gutenburg by building
  on earlier advances.

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The Printing Revolution

• By 1500, more than 20 million volumes of the
  Bible had been printed
• Brought immense changes
• Printed books cheaper easier to produce
• Books more readily available more people learned
  to read
• Broader range of knowledge
• Europeans were exposed to new ideas

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Whos Who of the Northern Renaissance?

• On the BACK of the chart from yesterday, add the
  following people
• Albrecht Durer
• Erasmus
• Thomas More
• Miguel de Cervantes
• Johann Gutenburg
• Answer the same questions from the front
  (Achievements, What did he do to represent the
  characteristics of the Renaissance?)
• Turn in to the tray when you are finished. Due at
  the END of the period.
• You will have a quiz over every person on your
  chart on Tuesday, 1/10. It will be fill in the
  blank with a word bank.