Bell Ringer “UTOPIA”

Imagine a perfect place/society existed on earth.What would it be like? What would make it perfect?How would the people act?

What would they do everyday?

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The Northern Renaissance

The Beginning

• By around 1450 both plague and war had declined making it possible for cities to grow and merchants to become wealthy.

• Trade increased• Patronage for artists increased– Ex: Francis I, king of France, invited Da Vinci to

retire in France.– Queen Elizabeth, Queen of England, was a

prominent patron.

Albrecht Durer

• Famous painter from Germany. Born in 1471.– Was the 3rd of 18 brothers and sisters.– The “Praying Hands”.

http://www.moytura.com/reflections/prayinghands.htm

Praying Hands

Jan Van Eyck

• Flemish(Dutch) Painter- Born sometime after 1395.

• He was the leading painter of his day and very highly paid.

The Virgin Of Chancellor Rolin

Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife 1434

Desiderius Erasmus

• Famous humanist writer. • Born in Holland around 1466• Wrote the “Praise of Folly” which he

dedicated to Thomas More. It poked fun of the imperfections in humans.

• Believed in Christianity of the heart.

Desiderius Erasmus

Excerpt from “The Praise of Folly”

• http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/erasmus.html

Thomas More

• Famous Humanist writer.• Born in London, England in 1478.– Was a life long friend of Desiderius Erasmus.– Shakespeare wrote a play about him.– Was a member of British Parliament and was

beheaded by King Henry VIII of England.Wrote “Utopia” which is Greek for no place.

Was about a fictional perfect society.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_%28book%29

Thomas More

William Shakespeare

• The greatest play writer in history.• He’s the most widely read author today. • Wrote around 38 plays, most of them in the

vernacular.• Ex: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and King Lear.• Elizabethan Life-

http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-biography-elizabethan-theatre-playhouse-inn-yards.htm

William Shakespeare

Globe Theatre

Bear baiting

Other Elizabethan Sports

• http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-sports.htm

Johann Gutenburg(1394- 1468)

• Famous for reinvented the printing press.• The earliest dated printed book known is the

"Diamond Sutra", printed in China in 868.• in 1041, movable clay type was first invented

in China.• His 1st book was the Gutenburg Bible.• http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/west/11/

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Gutenburg

Effects of the Printing Press

• Ideas were spread faster• Communication increased• More people learned to read and write.• Help start the Protestant Reformation.• Books were more affordable and the # of

books increased.• Most material was printed in the vernacular.