THE RENAISSANCE IN THE NORTHChapter 1 Section 2

INTRO! SHARE THE WEALTH! Most cities in the 1200 to 1400s were in Italy

but with the specialization of goods (section 1!) and the spread of wealth, cities started popping up everywhere!

Paris!

London!Amsterdam!

LEAVING SO SOON? Why would Renaissance writers and artists leave

the wonderful, open-minded cities of Italy?

Escape violent clashes between other areas and the wealthy Italian merchantsAvoid being “smothered by the Church”Less competition!

Pursue an education

THE PRINTING REVOLUTION- START THE PRESSES!!! ______________ - of Mainz, Germany printed

the first complete edition of the Bible using a printing press with moveable type.

Why would this be important in the spread of Humanism and other Renaissance ideas?

Why was the Bible the first thing printed on Gutenberg's Printing Press?

How were books made before Gutenberg’s Printing Press?

Easier access to books which meant the spread of literacy. The more people that can read= a more educated public with an easier exchange of ideas!

Johann Gutenberg!!

Before the Printing Press = Few Thousand books

After…. 15-20 MILLION!!!!

HE SAID WHAAAAAAT?!

A. Desiderius ErasmusB. Sir Thomas MoreC. William ShakespeareD. Christine de Pisan

MIX AND MATCH1. Wrote on the views of women

and their roles in society of the time and also advocated equality and education for women.

2. Leading Christian humanist writer

3. Introduced humanism to England and also served the Tudor dynasty (more on that later!)

4. Had a deep understanding of human nature and wrote more on real life situations and character development as opposed to the morality plays that came before.

Take 1 minute and show me what you got!

Erasmus

Showed that humanism didn’t have to be a rejection of the Christian ideals

One could still live a Christian life but, like Luther, exclude the politics of the church and rule one’s self with a “pure and simple” Christian life. Advised educating children

Writings were condemned by the Church.

Sir Thomas More

Introduced humanism to England

Friends with Erasmus

Wrote Utopia

Criticism of English government and society.

Created a non-existent, perfect world based on reason

The leading Christian Humanism writer.

LETS TALK MIX AND MATCH!!!!

Cue video 34 seconds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdTnlnJjSqE

Even though this is a comic portrayal of Shakespeare’s Hamlet it is an excerpt verbatim.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Drew inspiration from ancient and contemporary works of literature.

Had a deep understanding of human emotion- Humans are not just driven and emotional by the love and fear that they have towards their chosen deity but by human interaction as well.

Themes and language in which his plays were presented were accessible and relatable to an uneducated public.

GIRL POWER! Finally a woman!

Christine de Pisan

Wrote works that focused on women’s role in society specifically The City of Women

Also wrote poetry, a biography on Charles V (she grew up in the his French court)

Championed equality and education for women

Where have you heard of these ideas before?

Women receiving a non-formal education in Afghanistan. Women getting the right to vote in Saudi Arabia!

Feminist movement.

Rosie! 20th Century

SPREADING LIKE WILD FIRE! How and why did the ideas of the

Renaissance art spread?

Italy at this time was a melting pot of ideas, eccentric people flocked from all over

Artists were respected in Italy, in most countries art was seen as a hobby, not a profession.

Because of the art boom in Italy, it began to raise the status of artists everywhere. “In Italy I am a gentleman, at home I am a parasite”

Artists would go to Italy to learn techniques and then bring them back to their country or travel to other countries.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL VS. THE NITTI GRITTYItalian Renaissance

1. Subject Matter- Capturing the beauty of Greek and Roman Gods and stories from the Bible.

2. Realism and perspective

3. Beauty, balance and harmony in everything.

Northern Renaissance1. Subject Matter- a more realistic view of

humanity. Tried to depict people as they really were.

2. Painted with oils which enhanced the details that made some of the works so realistic

3. Fused the everyday with the religious through the use of symbolism. EX: “A single lit candle or the light streaming through a window are representations of God’s presence.

La Primavera - Botticelli Pieter Brueghel’s – The Wedding Dance

“NORTHERN ARTISTS”

One of the most influential painters who brought back the ideas from Italy to his hometown of Germany.

Perfected the use of oils as a medium

Albrecht Durer

Jan van Eyck

Used perspective + realism

Painted with oils

Focused on landscapes and domestic life

Flemish

Durer’s – The Last Supper Jan van Eyck’s-

The Madonna of Canon van der Paele

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Pieter BrueghelShowed scenes from everyday

peasant life

Pieter Brugel’s The Tower of Babel

Pieter Brueghel’s Netherlandish Proverbs

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Hans Holbein

German

Used objects as symbols to characterize the subjects of his portraits