1. The Northern Renaissance Jared Peet

2. Warm Up – Class 5 – Northern Renaissance 1.Take out your Renaissance Map Exercise and put it on your desk to be collected. 2.Read and annotate the document on your desk – Your purpose for reading: Identify the reasons why the Renaissance spread north from Italy

3. Objectives and Essential Questions Objectives List the ways that the Italian Renaissance spread north Contrast the Italian and Northern Renaissance by examining paintings from the Northern Renaissance Essential Questions How did changes in art reflect new Renaissance ideals? What were the differences between the Italian and Northern Renaissance?

4. Why did the Renaissance Spread North? Trade – Trade networks emerge across Europe as cities grow – Major network: Hanseatic League (1200-1400s) Movement of artists & scholars – Fled to escape wars between Northern European and Italian city states – Some Northern artists went to Italy to study Development of printing – Quick, inexpensive making of books

5. Key Vocab: Cultural Diffusion Process of spreading the ideas, beliefs and values of one culture to another culture.

6. Northern Renaissance Philosophers Desiderius Erasmus (Dutch, 1466-1536) – Combined humanism and Christianity into Christian Humanism – In Praise of Folly – Criticized focus on ritual over values – Wanted simple Christian life, stripped of ritual and politics – Strong proponent of educating children Sir Thomas More (English, 1478-1535) – Influential humanist – Major work – Utopia – Criticized English government and society, gave a vision of a perfect, but non-existent society based on reason – Utopia is now a common word for any ideal society

7. Sir Thomas More’s Utopia Carefully read and annotate the text Purpose: What criticisms of English society and work is More making? How would his utopia fix these problems? Sir Thomas More (looking happy)

8. Differences between Italian & Northern Renaissance Italian Renaissance 1.Change brought on by humanism/classicism 2.Beauty of Greek/Roman Gods shown in people 3.Focus mostly on realistic depiction of humans 4.Common topics: Classical images 5.Material: More egg tempera, fresco, sculpture Northern Renaissance 1.Change brought on by religious reform (Christian Humanism – close ties with Church) 2.Depict people as they actually were 3.Tiny details realistically depicted – the more detail the better! 4.Common topics: landscapes and domestic life 5.Material: Oil paint

9. Jan van Eyck, The Annunciation, 1430s Dutch, Oil Straight, clean lines in background Detail of clothing, floor, even chair

10. Masaccio, The Tribute Money, 1420s Italian, Fresco Great detail in depiction of humans Slanted balcony, lack of detail in mountains, tree

12. Albrecht Durer – German Artist Quest for ultimate realism Self Portrait, 1500Young Hare, 1502

13. Pieter Brueghel the Elder Flemish, 1500s, Everyday Peasant Life The Peasant WeddingThe Hunters in the Snow

14. North had Stronger Ties to Church/England than Italy Bruegel, Tower of Babel

15. North More Restrained Than Italy Botticelli, Birth of Venus Van Eyck, Madonna and Chancellor Rollin

16. Exit Ticket List THREE differences between the Northern and Italian Renaissance. Choose ONE of the differences you’ve identified and explain (citing specific examples) how art reflects these differences.