SOCIAL SCIENCE III NORTHERN RENAISSANCE Northern Renaissance begins

SOCIAL SCIENCE III NORTHERN RENAISSANCE

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 FLEMISH � Albrecht Durer � Jan van Eyck Peasant Wedding which portrays peasant life in the 1500 s. 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. 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.

Northern Renaissance Writers NORTHERN 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) 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 1600 s when new ideas and artistic styles appeared. However, Renaissance ideals continued to flourish in Europe.

QUIZ # 4 � � � � 1) PHILIPPINE SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL MAIN CAMPUS SOCIAL SCIENCE III QUIZ #4 NAME: SECTION: CLASS NUMBER: Identification 1) The Italian city-state that is the center of Italian Renaissance 2) Understanding of human potentials and achievements 3) Financial supporters of Renaissance artists 4) Writer of The Courtier 5) Writer of The Prince 6) Flemish painter of the Peasant Wedding 7) German artist who focused on realism in creating artworks 8) The ideal place as named by Sir Thomas More 9) The country of origin of Francois Rabelais 10) Inventor of the printing press