Transcript The Northern Renaissance - Montgomery County Schools

The Renaissance Spreads North from Italy
(1450 – 1600)
1425 – 1430
1495 – 1498
15 ft. X 29 ft.
1504 - 1506
The School of Athens (1509-1510)
Madonna and Child With Book (1504)
David (1501 – 1504)
Sistine Chapel (1508 – 1512)
King Philip II of Spain (1558)
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1450 – Population begins to grow in N. Eur.
And trade increases again. Like in Italy, many
merchants began to sponsor artists.
England and France had strong monarchs.
Francis I invited da Vinci to retire in France
and hired Italian artists to redecorate his
palace at Fontainebleau and it became a
showcase for Renaissance art.
Northern humanists were inspired to develop
plans for social reform based on JudeoChristian values.
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Albrecht Durer –
studied in Italy
(1494) & produced
woodcuts and
engravings
Hans Holbein the
Younger – portrait
painting; painted
King Henry VIII of
England
Peasant Wedding (1568)
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Flanders (N. Eur. –
Sp. Netherlands)
Jan van Eyck –
specialized in
realistic oil painting
Pieter Bruegel –
everyday peasant life;
weddings, dances,
harvests; often large
numbers of people
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Christian Humanism
– the failure of the
church to teach
people to live as
Christians
Thomas More –
Utopia (1516) – “no
place” a land where
greed and corruption
didn’t exist
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Mid-1500s –
Renaissance spread
to England
Queen Elizabeth I of
England – very
educated – spoke 5
languages, music,
and poetry
Did much to develop
English art and
literature
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Greatest playwright of all
time?
By 1592 lived in London;
Globe Theater
Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet,
Othello, and Macbeth
Wrote in the vernacular.
He influences culture today
b/c he is entertaining, had
interesting themes, and has
inspired many movies.
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Johann Gutenberg
(1440) – Mainz,
Germany
13th Century – block
print items reached
Eur. from China
1 book =5 mo. by
hand copyist
500 books = 5 mo. by
press and one man
Gutenberg Bible (1455)
1. This Flemish painter painted realistic scenes from
everyday peasant life?
a. Albrecht Durer b. Jan van Eyck c. Pieter Bruegel
2. Thomas More of England wrote a book entitled
________, which means “ideal place.”
a. Eden b. Utopia c. Paradise
3. The most famous writer of the Elizabethan Age
who wrote plays like Hamlet ?
a. William Shakespeare b. Thomas More c. John Locke
4. This German craftsman invented the moveable
type printing press?
a. Reinhart Heydrich b. Martin Luther c. Johann Gutenberg
Albrecht Durer
2. Pieter Bruegel
3. Jan van Eyck
4. Thomas More
5. William Shakespeare
Bonus: Who am I?
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