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Northern Renaissance – 1400 – 1600

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1 Northern Renaissance – 1400 – 1600
- William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616 Humanism An intellectual movement studying classical Greek and Roman cultures … History and poetry Human potential (moral) and Individuality Wrote in common language of everyday people (vernacular) … 37 Plays & sonnets “Universal themes” 1,700 new words

2 The Printing Revolution
Johannes Gutenberg – 1439, created a movable type printing press. Creates revolutionary changes!!! Impact … - Mass production of texts - Supports Reformation and Renaissance ideas - Supports European vernacular

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8 The Printing Revolution
Johannes Gutenberg – 1439, created a movable type printing press. Creates revolutionary changes!!! Impact … - Mass production of texts - Supports Reformation and Renaissance ideas - Supports European vernacular

9 Northern European Renaissance
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10 ** Hanseatic League 1100’s - 1450
A commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and their market towns … ** Flanders

11 Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Jan van Eyck

12 Arnolfini Portrait Madonna of Chancellor Rolin

13 Ghent Altarpiece

14 Netherlandish Proverbs
Children’s Games Netherlandish Proverbs


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