Northern Renaissance

How did the Northern Renaissance begin?

•Many cities grew rapidly •Urban merchants began to have enough wealth to support the arts as patrons•Northern painters focused on realism

•Wanted to change society and believed in Christianity of the heart and not rules•Thomas Moore wrote Utopia about a place without greed or war

What did Christian Humanists want to achieve

What was the Elizabethan age?

•Renaissance in spread to England under the rule of Queen Elizabeth• She was very educated and wrote poetry• supported the arts in England

Who was William Shakespeare?

•One of the greatest play rights in history• Plays used classics for inspiration•Often focused on human flaws

What invention help spread Renaissance/Protestant Ideas

• Printing Press with movable type• Invented about 1440 by Johann Gutenberg from Germany• Gutenberg Bible in 1454 first book printed with movable type

What was the Legacy of the Renaissance

• Changes in Arts•Art based on techniques and styles of classical Greece/Rome• Paintings/Sculptures portray people more life like and natural•Art no longer focuses on religious themes more on individual achievements secular•Writers wrote in language of locals Vernacular

• Changes in Society•Printing press makes information available and cheap•More books more access to learning•Scientific discoveries increases and are published to read •Laws published and made clear and easily accessible•Christian Humanists’ attempt to reform society and how people live•People began to question political structures

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