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 Painters
Peasant 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
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