The Northern Renaissance PDF

The Northern Renaissance Class Agenda for February 22, 2024 1. Review Warm-up Questions and Agenda 2. Learning Objective: SWBAT understand how the ideas of the Renaissance emerged in Northern Europe. 3. Essential Question: Why did Renaissance ideas in art evolve in Northern Europe? a. Vocabulary and...

The Northern Renaissance Class Agenda for February 22, 2024 1. Review Warm-up Questions and Agenda 2. Learning Objective: SWBAT understand how the ideas of the Renaissance emerged in Northern Europe. 3. Essential Question: Why did Renaissance ideas in art evolve in Northern Europe? a. Vocabulary and definitions a. Discuss The Northern Renaissance b. Homework: Read the article on The Northern Renaissance (no summary) Scholars, painters, and merchants who visited Italy took the ideas of the renaissance to other areas of Europe In England, France, the Netherlands, and Flanders (Belgium) - 1450s populations began to grow again - Hundred Years War (1337-1453) Between England and France had ended Strong Monarchs in North, not the city-states, sponsored great artists to create their Art - Francis I of France and Da vinci and Fontainebleau Realism was a characteristic in the Northern Renaissance - Human dignity and social reform were developed - Real forms of people, not perfect... War alters the development of the Renaissance - 1494, the French King takes the Naples Throne - Many artists flee the area and go north - It evolves into the Golden Dutch Age of Renaissance Art In Germany, Albrecht Durer 1494 - He Emphasized religious subjects, classical myths, and realistic landscapes Hans Holbein, uses Realism in portraits Emigrated from Germany to England and painted Henry VIII and others Flemish and Dutch influence on the Renaissance art Flanders, the artistic center of Northern Europe (1500s) - Johannes Vermeer perspective, light and shadow - Jan van Eyck used recently discovered oil-based paints, revolutionized painting - Created deeper and more subtle colors and deepened the character of the subject of the painting Pieter Bruegel, the Elder - A movement to create more realistic depictions of life and individuals - Everyday peasant life, large groups, harvests - Rich colors, details, a sense of life and feelings - Peter Paul Rubens, Descent from the Cross, c. 1617, religious subjects, mythology Christine de Pizan, highly educated spoke out against misogyny. She wrote, The Book of the City of Ladies Elizabethan Age (1558-1603) - Developed new art and literature during her reign - Age of William Shakespeare, late 1500s, greatest playwright - Performed his works at the Globe theater in London - He focused on human flaws and conflict, drew from the classics Johann Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany in the mid 1400s - Using technology from Europe and Asia to create printing process, a printing press with moveable type - 1 book took 5 months to create - 500 books in 5 months At first, The Holy Bible and other religious books, those were in demand Then, books on science, philosophy, mathematics, and others - Many hated this invention