the northern renaissance essential question: how did cultural diffusion spread the ideas of the...
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The NorthernRenaissance
Essential Question: How did cultural diffusion spread the ideas of the Italian Renaissance to
the rest of Europe?
The Renaissance spread from Italy as scholars & merchants from other areas visited Italian city-states
As these ideas spread, this “Northern Renaissance”
developed its own characteristics
The Renaissance in France was most
known for its unique architecture
The Renaissance in England was most
known for literature, especially the plays of William Shakespeare
Wedding Portrait by Jan Van Eyck
The Renaissance in the Netherlands was most known for realism in art
Northern Renaissance
Renaissance ideas soon spread beyond Italy to northern Europe
1. Trade
2. Travel – people going to and from Italy
3. Printed materials
4. Universities opened
Activity: Trade in Europe
1. Using the background reading and the map of Renaissance trade routes, answer questions 1-7
2. Make sure your answers are specific – you will be turning this in!
Northern Renaissance Literature
• Writers combined religion, fiction, and history• Created philosophical works, novels, dramas, and
poems
• Many believe William Shakespeare was the greatest writer of the Northern Renaissance
• Plots not original got inspiration from ancient and contemporary literature
• Knowledge of natural science and humanism shows up in plays
Northern Renaissance Art
NOT just Italian techniques moving north!
Differences: Italy:
change inspired by humanism revival of ideas from ancient Greece and
Rome anyone with $ could be a patron
Europe change driven by religious reform princes & kings were patrons
Artists• Use many Italian techniques
• Northern art showed a more realistic view of life
Italian artists tried to capture beauty of Greek, Roman gods in paintings
Northern artists tried to depict people as they really were
Northern Renaissance Art Characteristics
1. Attention to details
2. Focus on realism & naturalism• Less emphasis on the “classical ideal”
3. Interest in landscapes
4. More emphasis on middle-class and peasant life
5. Details of domestic interiors
6. Great skill in portraiture
Flemish Realism
Van Eyck
The Crucifixion
&
The Last Judgment 1420-1425
Comparing Scenes of the Last Judgment
Giovanni Arnolfini and His
Wife
(Wedding Portrait)
Jan Van
Eyck
1434
Jan van Eyck - Giovanni Arnolfini & His Wife
(details)
Rogier van der Weyden (1399-1464)
The Deposition
1435
van der Weyden’s Deposition (details)
Massys’ The Moneylender & His Wife, 1514
France
Renaissance Art in France
• 1494: France invaded Italy – brought ideas back
• King Francis IEncouraged humanistic learningInvited da Vinci and others to FranceCollected paintings by the great Italian
masters
The School of Fontainebleau
• Gallery [right] by Rosso Fiorentino & Francesco Primaticcio
• 1528-1537
Germany
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Old Man with a Young Woman
Amorous Old Woman with a Young Man
Dürer
The Last Supper
Woodcut, 1510
Comparing the Last Supper
England
Multiple Perspectives
Burghley House for William Cecil
The largest & grandest house of the early Elizabethan era.
The LowCountries
Hieronymus
Bosch
The Temptatio
n of St. Anthony
1506-1507
Bruegel’s, The Beggars, 1568
Bruegel’s, The Harvesters, 1565