1. The Northern Renaissance
Donna Song

2. Jan (and Hubert?) Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece or The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, 1432, tempera and oil on panel, 11' 5" x 7' 3" (open) (Cathedral of Saint Bavo, Ghent, Belgium)

3. What is Northern renaissance
Renaissance happenings that occurred within Europe, but outside of Italy.
German Renaissance,
French Renaissance,
English Renaissance,
Renaissance in the Low Countries,
Polish Renaissance
Albrecht Dürer, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1498, Woodcut, 15 1/2 x 11 1/8”.

4. northern - North of Italy, north of the Alps
- France, Netherlands, Germany, England
- The Dukes of Burgundy
very rich
main patron of the early Renaissance
The Burgundian Netherlands (map: National Gallery of Art)

5. Why renaissance came later to Northern Europe than Italy
Less motivation
More removed, less whealthy
Ended from war and plague
More resistance
Greater influence of feudalism and the church

7. The Initiating Factors
Financial resources
Urban revival
Increasing colonies
Growing Contact
Growing Trade
French invasion of Italy
Printing Press
Less resistance
Rise of national monarchies

8. The printing

9. The differences between the Northern Renaissance and Italian renaissance
The Italian Renaissance
Fresco, tempera, oil
Classical mythology, religious scenes
Religion and humanism
The Northern Renaissance
Oil on panel
Domestic interiors, portraits, religious scenes
Nation cultures
Gothic art

11. reference Online courses: Columns Documentary:
reformation/northern-renaissance1
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Columns
Documentary:
BBC – Northern Renaissance (2008)

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