The Renaissance North and South
Basic Ideas Meaning of Renaissance Humanism Time line Locations Giorgio Vasari French historians Humanism Study of Classical texts and art Petrarch Vernacular Time line Locations Italy Northern Europe
The Italian States
Renaissance Italy Not unified Public service Autocratic Rulers and political intrigue Medicis Niccolo Machiavelli Alexander VI Julius II Trade with the East Sumptuary laws
Art & Culture “From artisan to artist” Linear perspective and vanishing point Classical influence Spiritual essence Realism Political writings The Prince Idea of the “Renaissance Man”
Northern Europe
Northern Europe Everywhere that isn’t Italy France Flanders (Modern-day Belgium) England Holy Roman Empire Ruled by kings, emperors, and dukes
Northern Humanists Scholarly Believed in the vernacular “Christian humanists” Christianity in history Desiderius Erasmus Thomas More Reuchlin (Studied Judaism) Gutenberg and the printing press Upper and lower case letters
Northern Art Centered in Flanders Painted with oil, not tempera Studied in Italy Painted with oil, not tempera More religious Ordinary subjects Realism Portraits