I.

Artists of the Northern Renaissance

A. A DzGerman Leonardodz - Albrecht Durer
1. Went to Italy to study the Italian masters
2. Used what he learned to make |

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artist etches a design on a metal plate with acid and
uses it to make prints
3. He helped to spread the Italian Renaissance ideas
in Germany
. Flemish painters of 1400s
1. Jan and Hubert van Eyck
a.) Developed oil paint which was used to produce
strong colors and a hard surface that could survive for
centuries

2. Pieter ruegel (1500s)

a.) used vibrant colors to portray lively scenes of
peasant life

3. Peter Pail Rubens (1600s)

a.) blended the realistic tradition of Flemish painters
with the classical themes and artistic freedom of the
Italian Renaissance
II. Northern Humanists - stressed education and classical learning
along with religious themes
A. Erasmus Ȃ Dutch priest and humanist
1. Produced a new Greek edition of the New Testament
2. Called for translation of the bible into the | 
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everyday language of ordinary people
3. He believed an individualǯs chief duties were to be open-
minded and of good will toward others
4. As a priest he called for reform to Church corruption
. Thomas More Ȃ English humanist
1. In i
 he describes an ideal society in which men and
women live in peace and harmony
a.) No one is idle, all are educated and justice is used to
end crime
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   used today to describe an ideal society
III. Writers for a New Audience
A. Rabelais Ȃ French humanist, monk, physician, Greek
scholar, and author
1. In ›  
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adventures of two gentle giants
2. Rabelais uses his characters to offer opinions on
religion, education, and other serious subjects
. Shakespeare Ȃ English poet and playwright
1. Wrote 37 plays that are still performed
today
2. Comedies laugh at the follies of young
people in love
3. History plays depict the power struggles
of English kings
4. Tragedies show people crushed by
powerful forces
5. More than 1700 words appeared for the
first time in his works including bedroom,
lonely, generous, gloomy, heartsick, hurry,
sneak
C. Cervantes Ȃ Spanish
author
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entertaining tale that
mocks romantic
notions of medieval
chivalry
2. The novel follows
the adventures of Don
Quixote (a knight) and
Sancho Panza (his
faithful servant)
IV. The Printing Revolution
A. Johann Gutenberg
1. In 1456 he printed the first
complete edition of the ible using
the first printing press and printing
inks in the West
2. Within 20 years, this invention
made book production even easier
3. Printed books were cheaper and
easier to use than handwritten copies
4. With books more readily available,
more people learned to read
5. Readers gained access to a wide
range of knowledge