italian renaissance v. northern renaissance
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Italian Renaissance v. Northern Renaissance. Recall: What characteristics of the era made the Italian Renaissance unique?. How the Renaissance spread to Northern Europe. The Renaissance spread to Europe through various means : Warfare Trading Italian Renaissance artists - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Italian Renaissance v. Northern Renaissance
Recall: What characteristics of the era made the Italian Renaissance unique?
How the Renaissance spread to Northern Europe.
The Renaissance spread to Europe through various means:
• Warfare
• Trading
• Italian Renaissance artists
• The printing press
Northern Renaissance
• Blended old and new
• Religious connotations
• Charles Nauert suggests that the North accepted Renaissance culture when it suited them…is this an accurate assessment?
Universities
• established by clergy
• “scholastic” to humanists
• 15th c. – zero in Italy
• Continued development in north
Germany (Holy Roman Empire)• Leader in Northern Renaissance
• Unorganized region
• S. Germany – commercial center
• Scientists and technology
• Is there a connection between the unorganized nature of the Holy Roman Empire and the Renaissance culture that was accepted there?
German Examples
• Johannes Gutenberg
• Albrecht Durer and the Holbeins
• Copernicus, Behaim, Paracelsus
• Many studied in Italian city-states
Laymen in Religion and Mysticism
Mysticism
• Individual connection with god
• Institution not needed
• No rebellion against church
• How does mysticism reflect the characteristics of the Renaissance culture?
Religious Laymen
• 15th and 16th century
• “religiously inclined humanists”
• Division between laymen and clergy
• Laymen – critical of ecclesiastical abuses
Conclusions? Are there major philosophical differences between the Italian and the Northern
Renaissance?