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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?)

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A comparison of the Italian and Northern Renaissances.

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Page 1: Italian vs. Northern Renaissance

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.