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Italian Renaissance v. Northern Renaissance

Italian Renaissance v. Northern Renaissance. Recall: What characteristics of the era made the Italian Renaissance unique?. How the Renaissance spread to Northern Europe. The Renaissance spread to Europe through various means : Warfare Trading Italian Renaissance artists

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Italian Renaissance v. Northern Renaissance

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  1. Italian Renaissance v. Northern Renaissance

  2. Recall: What characteristics of the era made the Italian Renaissance unique?

  3. How the Renaissance spread to Northern Europe. The Renaissance spread to Europe through various means: • Warfare • Trading • Italian Renaissance artists • The printing press

  4. Northern Renaissance • Blended old and new • Religious connotations • Charles Nauert suggests that the North accepted Renaissance culture when it suited them…is this an accurate assessment?

  5. Universities • established by clergy • “scholastic” to humanists • 15th c. – zero in Italy • Continued development in north

  6. Germany (Holy Roman Empire) • Leader in Northern Renaissance • Unorganized region • S. Germany – commercial center • Scientists and technology • Is there a connection between the unorganized nature of the Holy Roman Empire and the Renaissance culture that was accepted there?

  7. German Examples • Johannes Gutenberg • Albrecht Durer and the Holbeins • Copernicus, Behaim, Paracelsus • Many studied in Italian city-states

  8. Laymen in Religion and Mysticism

  9. Mysticism • Individual connection with god • Institution not needed • No rebellion against church • How does mysticism reflect the characteristics of the Renaissance culture?

  10. Religious Laymen • 15th and 16th century • “religiously inclined humanists” • Division between laymen and clergy • Laymen – critical of ecclesiastical abuses

  11. Conclusions? Are there major philosophical differences between the Italian and the Northern Renaissance?

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