1. Renais-sance Beyond Italy pg. 312 - 317

2. The Northern Renaissance

3. I. Spread of New Ideas A. Paper
’s spread from China to Middle East
2. Europe by 1300’s.
B. Printing
1. mid 1400’s Johann Gutenberg developed printing press w/movable type
2. first printed book Bible in Latin (later translated & printed).
3. more people learned to read due to increased availability of books.

4. II. New Universities A. Italian university teachers mostly humanist
B. Thus, Renaissance ideas taken back to home countries
C. France, Germany & Netherlands opened new universities & taught Renaissance ideas.
Noble women educated in
humanities; when married, brought
humanism to new country

5. III. Christian humanism
A. focus on history of Christianity. B. Called for church reform

6. C. In 1509, Erasmus published The Praise of Folly criticized corrupt clergy 1. disliked church ritual 2. wanted more emphasis on devotion to God & Jesus

7. IV. Art
A. Humans realistic w/physical flaws (not like Greek gods) B. Painted objects very clearly C. Painted scenes of daily life ie. Pieter Brueghel of Belgium

8. V. Albrecht Durer A. German
B. Studied anatomy. Showed objects in great detail
C. Religious paintings for churches
D. Famous for prints (from carved metal or wooden block)

9. VI. Portrait Painters A. Hans Holbein portrait of King Henry VIII
B. Jan van Eyck
religious scenes
used oils

10. VII. Literature Beyond Italy
A. Wrote in (vernacular) common language
B. Miguel Cervantes
1. Spanish
2. wrote “Don Quixote” pokes fun at romantic tales of Middle Ages
- old man attacks windmills
Don Quixote

11. 2. Mocks values of Middle Ages William Shakespeare 1. English
Francois Rabelais
1. French
2. Mocks values of Middle Ages
William Shakespeare
1. English
2. Wrote poems & plays (ie. Romeo & Juliet)
3. “All the world is a stage and all the men and women merely players” As You Like It
"Hamlet"