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Renaissance Spreads North

Renaissance Spreads North. As the Renaissance spreads north, Northern artists adapt Italian Renaissance ideals in their own way. Spread of Renaissance to Northern Europe. Hundred Year’s War —end’s 1453, allowing people to focus on subjects other then war.

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Renaissance Spreads North

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  1. Renaissance Spreads North

  2. As the Renaissance spreads north, Northern artists adapt Italian Renaissance ideals in their own way.

  3. Spread of Renaissance to Northern Europe

  4. Hundred Year’s War—end’s 1453, allowing people to focus on subjects other then war.

  5. Printing Press—invented around 1440 by Johann Gutenberg

  6. It decreased the price of books so middle-class people could buy them

  7. The idea for the printing press was culturally diffused from Chinese block printing.

  8. Movable Type Block Printing

  9. b. Allowed news ideas to spread very quickly—leads to cultural diffusion

  10. Encouraged people to learn Increased literacy and decreased the cost of books

  11. d. 1st book published = Complete BibleGutenberg Bible

  12. Authors began writing in the vernacular, meaning local or spoken languages, rather then Latin, allowing the common man to read

  13. Northern Artists—focused on the individual and everyday life

  14. 1. Pieter Bruegel and Jan Van Eyck—painted pictures about common people and their everyday life•ex. weddings, dances, harvest, festivals

  15. The Peasant Wedding—Pieter Bruegel

  16. The Beggars—Pieter Bruegel

  17. The Peasant Dance—Pieter Bruegel

  18. The Harvesters—Pieter Bruegel

  19. The Crucifixion by Jan van Eyck The Last Judgment by Jan van Eyck

  20. Detail: The Last Judgment

  21. The Triumph of Death—Pieter Bruegel

  22. Northern Writers:1. Desiderius Erasmus— The Praise of Folly—1509—poked fun at society,including the church

  23. a. Strongly Christian—said people should study the Bible

  24. 2. Thomas More: Utopia—1515—story about imaginary land inhabited by peace loving people

  25. 3. Niccolo Machiavelli —The Prince-advises rulers on how to gain and maintain power

  26. a. Tells rulers that they should use whatever methods are necessary to ensure their success “The end justifies the means.”

  27. b. Machiavelli’s writing demonstrate the Renaissance interest in worldly rather than only spiritual things.

  28. 3. William Shakespeare: revealed the souls of men and women through scenes of dramatic conflict

  29. IV. End of Renaissance—By 1600’s, new artistic styles and ideas appear 1. Renaissance ideals continue to influence European thought

  30. 2. Belief in dignity of individual played a key role in democratic ideals

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