Chapter 3: The Northern Renaissance Flashcards
printing press
Developed by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany; quickly spread through Western Europe, allowing rapid spread of knowledge
Humanism
Referred to as Christian humanism; attempted to unite classical learning with Christianity, balancing secular and otherworldly matters.
Brethren of the Common Life
Dutch Christian humanist group; devoted to classical learning and spiritual matters
Thomas a Kempis
Wrote The Imitation of Christ
Desiderius Erasmus
“Prince of the Humanists”; classical scholar and cleric; wrote Adages and Praise of Folly (satire); studied Bible using classical learning to clarify; opposed Protestantism
Jan van Eyck
Great oil painter from Belgium; painted Arnolfini Wedding; excellent perspective and detail
Hieronymus Bosch
Flemish painter; painted nightmarish fantasy worlds; Garden of Earthly Delight
Pieter Brueghel
Flemish painter; known for genre works, such as Peasant Wedding
Albrecht Durer
German artist; did woodcuts and engravings; also painted
Matthias Grunewald
German painter of religious works, esp. crucifixion scenes; Isenheim altarpiece
Hans Holbein the Younger
Portrait painter
Rabelais
French writer of satires Gargantua and Pantagruel
Montaigne
French essayist; religious tolerance
Geoffrey Chaucer
Wrote Canterbury Tales; humanist and secular; revealed faults of clergy
John Colet
Brought humanism and classical languages into religious matters in England
Thomas More
Great English humanist; wrote Utopia, criticizing realities of his society
Edmund Spenser
Leading Elizabethan poet; wrote Faerie Queen
Christopher Marlowe
Elizabethan playwright; wrote Tamburlaine the Great, Doctor Faustus, The Jew of Malta
Shakespeare
wrote lots of plays; human experience
Ben Jonson
Elizabethan poet/dramatist; wrote Volpone
Cervantes
Wrote Don Quixote de la Mancha, satire of Medieval chivalry
Felix Lope de Vega
Prolific Spanish playwright
El Greco
Studied under Titian; depicted distorted figures
