1. Review What is the Renaissance? What is humanism? What is secularism?
What is vernacular language?

2. THE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE
CHAPTER 1.2

3. The Beginning
By around 1450 both plague and war had declined making it possible for cities to grow and merchants to become wealthy.
Trade increased
Patronage for artists increased
Ex: Francis I, King of France, invited Da Vinci to retire in France.
Queen Elizabeth, Queen of England, was a prominent patron.

4. Albrecht Durer Famous painter from Germany. Born in 1471.
Was the 3rd of 18 brothers and sisters.
The “Praying Hands”.

5. Praying Hands

8. Jan Van Eyck Flemish(Dutch) Painter- Born sometime after 1395.
He was the leading painter of his day and very highly paid.

10. The Virgin Of Chancellor Rolin

11. Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife 1434

12. Desiderius Erasmus Famous humanist writer. Born in Holland around 1466
Wrote the “Praise of Folly” which he dedicated to Thomas More. It poked fun at the imperfections of humans.
Believed in Christianity of the heart.

13. Desiderius Erasmus

14. Thomas More Famous Humanist writer. Born in London, England in 1478.
Was a member of British Parliament and was beheaded by King Henry VIII of England.
Wrote “Utopia” which is Greek for no place.
Was about a fictional perfect society.
Also wrote about Christianity.

15. Thomas More

16. William Shakespeare The greatest playwright in history.
He’s the most widely read author today.
Wrote around 38 plays, most of them in the vernacular.
His plays were performed in the famous Globe Theatre.
Ex: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and King Lear.
This period of the Northern Renaissance was called The Elizabethan Age.

17. William Shakespeare

18. Globe Theatre

19. Bear baiting

22. Johann Gutenburg ( )
Famous for reinventing the printing press.
The earliest dated printed book known is the "Diamond Sutra", printed in China in 868.
in 1041, movable clay type was first invented in China.
His 1st book was the Gutenburg Bible.

23. Gutenburg

27. Effects of the Printing Press
Ideas were spread faster
Communication increased
More people learned to read and write.
Helped start the Protestant Reformation.
Books were more affordable and the # of books increased.
Most material was printed in the vernacular.