european renaissance & reformation : northern renaissance
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European Renaissance & Reformation : Northern Renaissance. 1300-1600. Artistic Ideas Spread. L ate 1400s, N . Europe= England, France, Germany, & Flanders 1 450 , merchants became wealthy= patrons of the arts England & France= unified = patrons of the arts. Artistic Ideas Spread. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
European Renaissance & Reformation: Northern Renaissance1300-1600
Artistic Ideas Spread•Late 1400s, N. Europe= England, France, Germany, & Flanders•1450, merchants became wealthy= patrons of the arts• England & France= unified = patrons of the arts
Artistic Ideas Spread•INVASIONS OF ITALY 1494-1527•Artists & writers left for safer life in N. Europe
Northern Writers Try to Reform Society
•Humanists examined the Church, critical of it’s failure to inspire• Christian humanism= reform society w/ education• Believed in Christianity of the heart, all ppl should read the Bible
Elizabethan Age•England, mid-1500s, after Queen Elizabeth I, ruled from 1558-1603•William Shakespeare- most famous writer, greatest playwright • Inspired by the classics• Understanding of human beings, used dramatic conflict• Famous tragedies: Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, & Romeo & Juliet, and comedies: A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, & the Taming of the Shrew
Printing Spreads Ideas•1440, Johann Gutenberg= printing press–produce books quickly & cheaply• Printed a complete Bible• 1st time so many ppl could buy them
Legacy of the Renaissance•Artistic & social change•Break w/ ideals focused around the Church•Dignity of the individual rise of democratic ideas
Quick Review•Where did Ideas of the Renaissance spread to?
•Explain the relationship of humanists and the Church in the north.
•Who became well-known during the Elizabethan Age and what are some of his famous works?
•What significantly changed the world in 1440?
Activity: •Read your assigned Shakespeare 60 Second Read•Notice the tabloid layout• Summarize the play in a paragraph BOTH OF YOU
•Groups of 2
•Make your own tabloid about Julius Caesar•Use 2 quotes from the play and site them, like the article you read•Do a who’s who of the major characters