1. UNIT 4 Chapter 17 – European Renaissance & Reformation
THE RENAISSANCE & REFORMATION

2. OBJECTIVES
CORE OBJECTIVE: Explain the conditions in Europe that brought upon the Renaissance and the Reformation.
Objective 4.2: Describe the artistic breakthroughs and achievements of Renaissance artists and writers.
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.

3. 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
Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
SECTION 2
The Northern Renaissance
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SECTION 3
Luther Leads the Reformation
SECTION 4
The Reformation Continues

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

5. THESIS EXAMPLE LEONARDO DA VINCI
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 Points
#1 Classical Culture (Greece & Rome)
#2 Belief in human potential (science & invention)
#3 Influence upon history

6. RENAISSANCE IDEAS SPREAD
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Spirit of Renaissance Italy impresses visitors from northern Europe
The Renaissance spreads for 3 reasons
#1 Hundred Years’ War ends (1453), cities grow
#2 Merchants in northern cities sponsor artists
#3 English & French monarchs are art patrons

8. NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART
Artists, writers move to northern Europe fleeing war in Italy (1494)
Northern Renaissance artists interested in realism
Albrecht Dürer’s woodcuts and engravings emphasize realism (Germany)
Hans Holbein the Younger paints portraits, often of English royalty
Flemish Painters
Flanders is the artistic center of northern Europe
Jan van Eyck, pioneer in oil-based painting, uses layers of paint
Van Eyck’s paintings are realistic and reveal subject’s personality
Pieter Bruegel captures scenes of peasant life with realistic details
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9. Northern Renaissance Art

10. The Younger

11. WRITERS WANT REFORM Women’s Reforms
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Northern Humanists
Criticize the Catholic Church, start Christian humanism
Want to reform society and promote education, particularly for women
Women’s Reforms
Christine de Pizan, one of the first women writers
She promotes education, equal treatment for boys and girls
Christian Humanists
Desiderius Erasmus of Holland is best-known Christian humanist
Erasmus’s book, The Praise of Folly, pokes fun at merchants and priests
Thomas More of England creates a model society in his book Utopia

12. THE ELIZABETHAN AGE Queen Elizabeth I
Renaissance spreads to England in mid-1500s
English 1500’s known as the Elizabethan Age, after Queen Elizabeth I
She was a strong patron of arts, especially theatre
Elizabeth reigns from 1558 to 1603
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare is often regarded as the greatest playwright, from England
Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564
Plays performed at London’s Globe Theater
Famous works: Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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13. THE PRINTING PRESS
Around 1440 Johann Gutenberg of Germany develops printing press
Printing press allows for quick, cheap book production
What was the first book printed with movable type in 1455?
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14. The Renaissance – Crash Course
Was it a Thing?
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