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1 The Renaissance Spreads North from Italy (1450 – 1600)

2 1425 – 1430

3 1504 - 1506 1495 – 1498 15 ft. X 29 ft.

4 The School of Athens (1509-1510) Madonna and Child With Book (1504)

5 Sistine Chapel (1508 – 1512) David (1501 – 1504)

6 King Philip II of Spain (1558)

7  1450 – Population begins to grow in N. Eur. And trade increases again. Like in Italy, many merchants began to sponsor artists.  England and France had strong monarchs. Francis I invited da Vinci to retire in France and hired Italian artists to redecorate his palace at Fontainebleau and it became a showcase for Renaissance art.  Northern humanists were inspired to develop plans for social reform based on Judeo- Christian values.

8  Albrecht Durer – studied in Italy (1494) & produced woodcuts and engravings  Hans Holbein the Younger – portrait painting; painted King Henry VIII of England

9  Flanders (N. Eur. – Sp. Netherlands)  Jan van Eyck – specialized in realistic oil painting  Pieter Bruegel – everyday peasant life; weddings, dances, harvests; often large numbers of people Peasant Wedding (1568)

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12  Christian Humanism – the failure of the church to teach people to live as Christians  Thomas More – Utopia (1516) – “no place” a land where greed and corruption didn’t exist

13  Mid-1500s – Renaissance spread to England  Queen Elizabeth I of England – very educated – spoke 5 languages, music, and poetry  Did much to develop English art and literature

14  Greatest playwright of all time?  By 1592 lived in London; Globe Theater  Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, and Macbeth  Wrote in the vernacular.  He influences culture today b/c he is entertaining, had interesting themes, and has inspired many movies.

15  Johann Gutenberg (1440) – Mainz, Germany  13 th Century – block print items reached Eur. from China  1 book =5 mo. by hand copyist  500 books = 5 mo. by press and one man  Gutenberg Bible (1455)

16 1. This Flemish painter painted realistic scenes from everyday peasant life? a. Albrecht Durer b. Jan van Eyck c. Pieter Bruegel 2. Thomas More of England wrote a book entitled ________, which means “ideal place.” a. Eden b. Utopia c. Paradise 3. The most famous writer of the Elizabethan Age who wrote plays like Hamlet ? a. William Shakespeare b. Thomas More c. John Locke 4. This German craftsman invented the moveable type printing press? a. Reinhart Heydrich b. Martin Luther c. Johann Gutenberg

17 1. Albrecht DurerA.D. 2. Pieter Bruegel 3. Jan van Eyck 4. Thomas MoreB. 5. William Shakespeare Bonus: Who am I? C.E.


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