The Northern Renaissance

The Renaissance Spreads North from Italy (1450 – 1600)

Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi) (1386 – December 13, 1466)

1425 – 1430

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519)

1504 - 1506

1495 – 149815 ft. X 29 ft.

Raphael Sanzio (1483 – 1520)

The School of Athens (1509-1510)

Madonna and Child With Book (1504)

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 – 1564)

Sistine Chapel (1508 – 1512)

David (1501 – 1504)

Sofonisba Anguissola (1532 – 1625)

King Philip II of Spain (1558)

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 Judeo-Christian values.

The Northern Renaissance Begins

Albrecht Durer – studied in Italy (1494) & produced woodcuts and engravings

Hans Holbein the Younger – portrait painting; painted King Henry VIII of England

German Painters

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

Flemish PaintersPeasant Wedding (1568)

The Harvesters (1565) by Pieter Bruegel

Young Woman with Water Pitcher (1660) by Jan van Eyck

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

Northern Writers urge Reform

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

The Elizabethan Age (1558-1603)

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.

William Shakespeare (1565 -1616)

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)

Printing Press Spreads Renaissance Ideas

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

Exit Slip: The Northern Renaissance

1. Albrecht Durer A. D. 2. Pieter Bruegel3. Jan van Eyck4. Thomas More B.5. William ShakespeareBonus: Who am I?

C. E.

Bell Ringer: The Northern Renaissance