Northern Renaissance Flashcards
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Praise in Folly
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- written by erasmus, second best seller
- was critical on Catholic emphasis on saints, wanted gradual reform of the church, and didn’t like the hypocrisy
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Desiderius Erasmus
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- (1456-1536)
- personified Christian Humanism
- Laid the egg that Luther hatched, member of the Northern Renaissance
- thought all problems could be solved through education, wanted to reform the church but not destroy it
- Wrote praise in folly
- criticized the Latin Vulgate, wrote translations of the old and new testament
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Sir Thomas More and Utopia
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- (1478-1535)
- Was a civic humanist and a contemporary of Erasmus
- From England and served as an advisor to Henry VIII
- utopia - criticized the correctible abuses of various institutions and offered a blueprint for a perfect society
- beheaded for supporting the pope instead of the king during the English Reformation
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Johann Gutenberg
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- (1400-1468)
- created the first printing press with moveable type
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Impacts of Gutenberg’s printing press
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- made it easier to spread ideas, propoganda, and education
- books became cheaper so more people read, leading to a reading revolution where reading became an individual activity
- allowed the Bible to printed, which led to the reformation
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Albrecht Dürer
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- (1471-1528)
- most famous Northern Renaissance artist, dark and detailed works
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Peter Brueghel the Elder
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Notes on the Elizabethan Age
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- Rule of Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
- era of intense nationalism in England, gave way to reformation,
- Francis Bacon, William Shakespeare, and Christopher Marlowe were the most famous figures
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Most famous Women during the Renaissance
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- Laura Cereta, Isabella d’Este and Catherine de Medici
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Notes on Laura Cereta
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- prototype feminist and lecturer at the most advanced university in Padua
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in what countries did the Northern Renaissance occur?
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Germany, England, Switzerland, France, Belgium and Holland
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Compare and contrast the Northern Renaissance with the Italian renaissance
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- Italian was more secular whereas religion was emphasized in the north
- Social reform through Christian values and an emphasis on reforming all of society through better Christian living
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Jan Van Eyck
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- Dutch Northern Renaissance painter
- known for symbolic oil paintings with great detail, focused on either religious or secular things
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Rembrandt van Rijn
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- Dutch Northern Renaissance painter
- use of chiaroscuro (dark and light) was power and was used to make his self-portraits and naval scenes
- died very poor
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Hieronymus Bosch
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- Dutch painter who used complex symbolism and explored themes of sin and moral failing
- inspired surrealist movement
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Peter Brueghel and Elder
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- By Albrecht Durer
- Focused on the lives of ordinary people
- challenged the notion of the Italian Renaissance that art should be focused only on religious and aristocratic subjects
