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The Northern Renaissance: Art, Literature, and Social Change

Discover how the Northern Renaissance in the 1400s transformed European art, literature, and society with a focus on humanism and individualism.

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The Northern Renaissance: Art, Literature, and Social Change

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  1. Chapter 17 Section 2 Notes

  2. Intro: 1.In the 1400’s northern Europeans began to adopt the ideas of the Renaissance.2. Renaissance ideas such as the importance of the individual are a strong part of modern thought

  3. I. The Northern Renaissance Begins

  4. A. By 1453 cities in northern Europe were recovering from the Bubonic Plague and the Hundred Years Wars between England and France

  5. B. Flanders (Belgium) is where the Northern Renaissance began

  6. C. Rulers in France and England helped spread the Renaissance to those countries

  7. 1. Francis I sponsored the arts in France

  8. D. Northern Renaissance humanist developed plans for social reform based on Christian beliefs

  9. II. Artistic Ideas Spread

  10. A. In 1494 France goes to war with Italy and many Italian artists fled to Northern Countries

  11. B. German Painters

  12. Albrecht Dürer painted Adoration of the Trinity after returning from studying in Italy. 1. Albrecht Durer

  13. Pond in the Woodsc. 1496Watercolor and gouache on paper26 x 37 cmBritish Museum, London The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse1498Woodcut39 x 28 cm

  14. a. Woodcuts and engravings of religion and classical myths

  15. 2. Hans Holbein the Younger

  16. (`The Ambassadors')1533Oil on oak, 207 x 209 cmNational Gallery, London Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam1523Wood, 76 x 51 cmNational Gallery, London Henry VIII

  17. a. Royal family portraits with photographic detail

  18. 1. King Henry VIII

  19. C. Flemish Painters ( Individuals and worldly pleasures)

  20. 1. Jan van Eyck

  21. Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati1431-32Oil on wood, 34,1 x 27,3 cmKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfinic. 1435Oil on wood, 29 x 20 cmStaatliche Museen, Berlin Man in a Red Turban

  22. a. Invented oil paints

  23. b. Revealed personality of subjects

  24. 2. Pieter Bruegel the Elder

  25. The Harvesters The Beggars Peasant wedding

  26. Flemish Peasant Life The Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel often portrayed peasants. Many of his paintings provide information about peasant life in the 1500s.                                                                                                                                                <> a. Captured scenes of everyday peasant life

  27. 1. Weddings, dances, and harvests

  28. D. Dutch Painters

  29. 1. Rembrandt Van Rijn

  30. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Dutch, 1632Oil on panel 24 1/2 x 30 5/16 in. Rembrandt Harmensz. van RijnDutch, 1633Oil on panel 9 1/4 x 11 7/8 in.

  31. The Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

  32. a. Considered the Dutch Master

  33. III. Northern Writers Try to Reform Society

  34. A. Writers adopt the Renaissance ideas of humanism

  35. 1. Some gave it a religious slant became known as Christian humanists

  36. B. Christian Humanists

  37. 1. Desiderius Erasmus (Holland)

  38. a. 1509 writes the book The Praise of Folly

  39. 1. Poked fun at greedy merchants, quarrelsome scholars,and pompous priests

  40. b. Believed in Christianity of the heart not ceremonies

  41. 2. Sir Thomas More (England)

  42. a. 1516, writes the book Utopia

  43. 1. About an imaginary land inhabited by peace-loving people where greed, corruption, war, and crime had been weeded out

  44. C. French Humanist

  45. 1. Francois Rabelais (France)

  46. a. Wrote comic adventure Gargantua and Pantagruel

  47. 1. About two giants that traveled through France

  48. 2. Poked fun at society, education, and government

  49. D. William Shakespeare (English)

  50. 1. Greatest playwright of all time, command of English language, and understanding of human beings

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