NORTHERN RENAISSANCE

SOCIAL SCIENCE III

Northern Renaissance begins Italian

Renaissance artists impressed scholars and students who visited Italy.

Through merchants (trade), ideas spread when they traveled out of Italy.

English and French monarchs became “patrons of the arts”. Francis I of France

purchased paintings.

Francis I invited da Vinci to retire in France.

Italian artists and architects built his castle at Fontainebleau.

The Development of Northern Renaissance

Renaissance ideas from Italy mingled with Northern traditions which resulted in the development of the Northern Renaissance’s own character: More interested in religious ideas than in

the secular themes popular in Italy Developed plans for social reform based

on Christian values

Northern Renaissance Artists

GERMANY

Albrecht Durer Concept of Realism on

art, he emphasized His works inspired many

German artists including…

Hans Holbein the Younger Painter of portraits of

English royal families including Henry VIII.

FLEMISH

Jan van Eyck Peasant Wedding which

portrays peasant life in the 1500s.

Used oil painting Pieter Bruegel

Interested in realistic details and individual people most especially the peasants.

Some of his paintings protested harsh Spanish rule over his country.

Northern Renaissance WritersNORTHERN RENAISSANCE WRITERS

Writers adopted Italian Renaissance humanism but gave it more religious slant. (Christian Humanism)

Best known Christian humanists: Desiderius Erasmus (Holland) and Thomas More (England)

WRITERS:

Erasmus The Praise of Folly – poked

fun at greedy merchants, heartsick lovers, quarrelsome scholars, and pompous priests.

Thomas More Utopia- an ideal place where

greed, corruption, war, and crime had been weeded out.

FRANCOIS RABELAIS▪ Gargantua and Pantagruel-

poked fun at the French society

William Shakespeare Macbeth, King Lear,

Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream

Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queen

(poem) Johann Gutenberg

Printing press wherein he used it to print a complete Bible he called Gutenberg Bible.

MAJOR EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION OF THE PRINTING PRESS: New ideas spread more

quickly Writing in vernacular

increased

Renaissance ended in the 1600s when new ideas and artistic styles appeared. However, Renaissance ideals continued to flourish in Europe.

QUIZ # 4 PHILIPPINE SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL MAIN CAMPUS SOCIAL SCIENCE III QUIZ #4 NAME: SECTION: CLASS NUMBER:  1) Identification

1) The Italian city-state that is the center of Italian Renaissance2) Understanding of human potentials and achievements3) Financial supporters of Renaissance artists4) Writer of The Courtier 5) Writer of The Prince6) Flemish painter of the Peasant Wedding7) German artist who focused on realism in creating artworks8) The ideal place as named by Sir Thomas More9) The country of origin of Francois Rabelais10) Inventor of the printing press