UNIT 4Chapter 17 – European Renaissance & Reformation

THE RENAISSANCE & REFORMATION

CHAPTER 17: European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300–1600 Two movements, the Renaissance and the Reformation, usher in dramatic social and cultural changes in Europe.

SECTION 1

SECTION 2SECTION 3SECTION 4

Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance

The Northern Renaissance Luther Leads the Reformation

The Reformation Continues

CORE OBJECTIVE: Explain the conditions in Europe that brought upon the Renaissance and the Reformation.

o Objective 4.3: Trace the development and impact of the Northern Renaissance.

THEME: Two movements, the Renaissance and the Reformation, usher in dramatic social and cultural changes in Europe.

The Northern Renaissance

CHAPTER 17 SECTION 2In the 1400s, the ideas of the Italian Renaissance begin to spread to Northern Europe.

THESIS EXAMPLE LEONARDO DA VINCI

o Leonardo da Vinci was the greatest artist of the Renaissance because of his interest in classical culture, belief in human potential; and influence on future artists

 Main Supporting Pointso #1 Classical Culture (Greece & Rome)o #2 Belief in human potential (science & invention)o #3 Influence upon history

RENAISSANCE IDEAS SPREAD Spirit of Renaissance Italy

impresses visitors from northern Europe

The Renaissance spreads for 3 reasonso #1 Hundred Years’ War

ends (1453) o #2 Merchants in

northern cities sponsor artists

o #3 Monarchs are art patrons

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NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART

Flemish Painterso Flanders is the artistic center of northern Europeo Jan van Eyck, pioneer in oil-based painting, uses layers of painto Van Eyck’s paintings are realistic and reveal subject’s

personalityo Pieter Bruegel captures scenes of peasant life with realistic

details

Artists, writers move to northern Europe fleeing war in Italy (1494) o Artists interested in realismo Albrecht Dürer’s woodcuts and engravings

emphasize realism (Germany)o Hans Holbein the Younger paints portraits, often

of English royalty

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PETER BRUEGEL (ELDER)NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART

BRUEGELThe Younger

WRITERS WANT REFORM Northern Humanists

o Criticize the Catholic Church, start Christian humanismo Want to reform society and promote education, particularly for women

Women’s Reformso Christine de Pizan, one of the first women writerso She promotes education, equal treatment for boys and girls

Christian Humanistso Desiderius Erasmus of Holland is best-known Christian humanisto Erasmus’s book, The Praise of Folly, pokes fun at merchants

and priestso Thomas More of England creates a model society in his book Utopia

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THE ELIZABETHAN AGE Queen Elizabeth I

o Renaissance spreads to England in mid-1500so English 1500’s known as the Elizabethan Age,

after Queen Elizabeth Io She was a strong patron of arts, especially theatreo Elizabeth reigns from 1558 to 1603

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William Shakespeareo Shakespeare is often regarded as the

greatest playwright, from England o Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564o Plays performed at London’s Globe Theatero Famous works: Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, A

Midsummer Night’s Dream

THE PRINTING PRESS Around 1440 Johann Gutenberg of Germany develops

printing press o Printing press allows for quick, cheap book productiono What was the first book printed with movable type in 1455?

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The Northern Renaissance — Assessment

Renaissance painters in Flanders, as in Italy, tended to produce work that wasA. IdealisticB. DistortedC. RealisticD. Religious

In 1509 Erasmus wrote his most famous work, The Praise of Folly, whichA. Depicted his ideal societyB. Revealed tragedy through dramatic scenes conflictC. Questioned the treatment of girls in educationD. Poked fun at merchants, scholars, and religion

The Northern Renaissance — Assessment

Renaissance painters in Flanders, as in Italy, tended to produce work that wasA. IdealisticB. DistortedC. RealisticD. Religious

In 1509 Erasmus wrote his most famous work, The Praise of Folly, whichA. Depicted his ideal societyB. Revealed tragedy through dramatic scenes conflictC. Questioned the treatment of girls in educationD. Poked fun at merchants, scholars, and religion

The Renaissance – Crash Course

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