<p>Name: Class: Date:</p><p>The Northern Renaissance (17.2)</p><p>The Northern Renaissance began in the of Flanders.</p><p> From Flanders, ideas spread to Spain, France, and England.</p><p> Many painters focused on the people, creating scenes of life. </p><p> Many writers also focused on the common people. </p><p>Renaissance Art in Northern Europe</p><p> The difference between the Italian and Northern Renaissance Art</p><p> o Italy: change was inspired by with its emphasis on the revival of the values of classical antiquity.</p><p> o Northern Europe: change was driven by reform, the return to Christian values, and the revolt against the authority of the . </p><p> More Princes & Kings were patrons of artists in the north (instead of the in Italy)</p><p>Characteristics of Northern Renaissance Art</p><p> Tendency towards and (less emphasis on the “classical ideal”)</p><p> Interest in landscapes</p><p> More emphasis on middle class and life.</p><p> Details of domestic interiors</p><p> Great skill in portraiture</p><p>Important Artists</p><p> Jan van Eyck (1395-1441)</p><p> o More courtly and aristocratic work Name: Class: Date:</p><p> o “Giovanni Arnolfini and “ (1434)</p><p> Albrecht Durer (1471-1528)</p><p> o A scholar as well as an artist</p><p> o Also a </p><p> Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516)</p><p> o A view of human nature</p><p> o Had a wild and lurid imagination</p><p> o Untouched by the values of the Italian </p><p> o More a landscape painter than a portraitist</p><p> o Describe “The Garden of Earthly Delights”: </p><p> Pieter Bruegal the Elder (1525-1569)</p><p> o Was deeply concerned with human vice and follies</p><p> o A master of landscapes, not a portraitist</p><p>. People in his works often have round, , heavy faces</p><p> o Describe “Tower of Babel”: </p><p> El Greco</p><p> o Spanish for “The Greek”</p><p> o Describe “Christ in Agony on the Cross”: </p><p> Hans Holbein, the Younger (1497-1543)</p><p> o One of the great artists who did most of his work in England</p><p> o Henry VIII was his patron from 1536 onward.</p><p> o Great portraitist noted for: </p><p>. Objectivity and detachment Name: Class: Date:</p><p>. Doesn’t the weaknesses of his subjects</p><p>The Elizabethan Age</p><p> Queen Elizabeth reigned in from 1588-1603 (more on her later)</p><p> Sir was an English humanist who pushed for social reforms</p><p> o In Utopia, he described an ideal society where all are educated and people live in harmony. </p><p> o The book gave use the word (perfect/ideal) </p><p> Francois Rabelais was a French humanist who used </p><p> o In Gargantua and Pantagruel, two giants on a comic adventure offer opinions on religion and education.</p><p> The towering figure of the northern Renaissance literature was the English playwright and poet William </p><p> o Between 1590 and 1613, he wrote plays which are still performed today, including: </p><p>. Romeo and Juliet</p><p>. Hamlet</p><p>. A Midsummer Night’s Dream</p><p> o Shakespeare explored Renaissance ideals such as the of the </p>