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The Renaissance: The North

The Renaissance: The North. Northern Humanism. Sir Thomas More Utopia Erasmus Praise of Folly No Protestant “historical Christ”. The National Renaissance Literatures. Contemporary human beings Inspired by pagan classics vernacular Christopher Marlowe William Shakespeare

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The Renaissance: The North

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  1. The Renaissance: The North

  2. Northern Humanism • Sir Thomas More • Utopia • Erasmus • Praise of Folly • No Protestant • “historical Christ”

  3. The National Renaissance Literatures • Contemporary human beings • Inspired by pagan classics • vernacular • Christopher Marlowe • William Shakespeare • Secular individual • Master of own fate • Sir Francis Bacon • Accurate and unbiased observation • Ben Johnson • Last great Elizabethan writer • Miguel de Cervantes • Don Quixote • Lope de Vega • More plays than any other playwright

  4. Art, Architecture, and Music • Jan Van Eyck • Oil as a medium • Albert Durer • Woodcuts and engravings • Hans Holbein • Portrait paintings • The Netherlands as music capital

  5. Printing with Movable Type • Wooden blocks from China • Tedious, costly, limited • Paper from China • Mass production • Moveable type • Johannes Gutenberg • Printing press  Bible (1456)

  6. Significance of the Renaissance in History • God-centered to human centered • Versatility • Individualism • Materialism • Rebirth of pagan antiquity • Foundations of science

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