italian vs. northern renaissance
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A comparison of the Italian and Northern Renaissances.TRANSCRIPT
Italian Renaissance/Northern Renaissance
Humanist Comparison:Italian Humanist: Francisco Petrarch
(1304-1374)Similarities Northern Humanist: Desiderius Erasmus
(1466?-1536)
“father of Humanism” Famous for love lyrics for
admiration of a married woman Believed in the potential of using
ones human intellectuals to the fullest
Was not hated by the church or looked upon with a bad face
Work related to religion Work written in Latin Devoted to the Church Dignity of man Influenced other humanists Both idealist
Translated the New Testament into Greek(1516) and then into Latin(1514)
Unknowingly attacked church Made fun of pope Alexander VI All of his works were on the
church list of forbidden books, at one point in time…
Influenced the Religious Reformation unknowingly
Artist Comparison:Italian Artist: Michelangelo Buonarotti
“The Last Judgment”Similarities Northern Artist: Hieronymus Bosch
“Central Panel of the Last Judgment” Shows more of the saints up in the
top of the painting Shows Michelangelo’s face on the
skin that St. Peter is holding. Shows the grandness of the
Kingdom of Heaven with all the saints and angels and archangels and the trumpeters
Painted on top of an alter
Both have God in the Top Central part of the painting showing his importance
Both have a blue circle of saints around God and both have the Virgin Mary next to God
Under God and his saints there are the human sinners in darkness suffering in nudeness
Both have angels Apostles next to Jesus and God
Shows more of the suffering humans towards the bottom of the painting
Shows the dark side of man and the light side and angelic side of God and how God is the only goodness
There is an extra person up with God in white (maybe a pope?)
Conclusion:In conclusion the Italian Renaissance was not too different from the Northern Renaissance in the sense that both tried to be
religious but the northern renaissance was leaning a bit more for a religious reformation. Artistically, the artwork was still religious and had similar significances. The northern renaissance seems to have followed the Italian renaissance with Petrarch as the “father of humanism”. Although Italy started the renaissance the north seems to have had a lot of contributions such as the printing press. It also began the religious reformation and Erasmus showed that the Catholics really wanted a reformation long before Martin Luther.