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THE RENAISSANCE continues in Northern Europe
The Northern RenaissanceThe Renaissance came
later to the north because of the plague and the distance from Italy.
The Northern renaissance began in Flanders - modern Belgium, The Netherlands, and northern France.
Albrecht Durer helped spread Italian ideas.
Flemish PaintersJan and Hubert van Eyck
portrayed towns people.They also developed oil
painting.Pieter Brueghel was a
leading Flemish artist who painted scenes of daily life.
Peter Paul Reubens - painted large voluptuous ladies. Hans Holbein –portraits of famous people
Reubens - Yes Reubens - No
The Northern HumanistsThe Development of the
Printing Press in Germany led to the spread of knowledge
The Philosophers Erasmus and Thomas More were great Northern thinkers and writers.
Erasmus’ In Praise of Folly,and More’s Utopia
Northern LiteratureEnglish Literature reached
it’s peak in the late 1500’s, early 1600’s.
William Shakespeare, The Plays Hamlet, Othello, Taming of the Shrew, etc.
Francois Rabelais wrote Gargantua and Pantagruel
Miquel de Cervantes wrote Don Quixote.
The Printing PressThe printing press and
cheaper paper made books accessible to most people.
Johann Gutenberg of Mainz, Germany printed a complete edition of the bible.
More people began to learn to read and write.
The printing press and free thought lead to the Protestant Reformation.