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OBJECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND
SUBJECTIVE VISIONS (OS) THEME
Topics:
1.
Development of Art: Italian vs. Northern
Renaissance
2.
Challenges to the Church (Northern
Renaissance)
Erasmus – Praise of the Folly
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART -
Key Features:
Linear Perspective – use of
lines to provide depth.
Vanishing Point – point
where lines connect to
provide depth.
Fra Angelico’s The
Annunciation
Identify Aspects of Linear
Perspective.
Where is the Vanishing
Point?
NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART
Differences in Technique:
• Used Oil rather than tempera
Methods for achieving depth and
dimension:
• Gradations in color
• Optical effect of painted light.
Jan van Eyck – “The Arnolfini
Marriage”
ADDITIONAL
COMPARISONS
by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Perspective: While Italian artists had a clear
separation between audience and art, Northern
Renaissance artists worked to place their audience in
the setting with their subjects.
The School of Athens by Raphael
Application:
Discuss which
painting
methods
relevant to the
Renaissance the
artist may have
used – how are
these methods
appropriate?
NORTHERN HUMANISTS AND THE CHURCH
 Northern
Humanists were scholars who had
travelled to Italy to study humanist ways and
greek and latin languages.
 Gained:
Appreciation for ancient texts as well as
new methods for analyzing text (Greek/Roman
logic)
 Beliefs:
Public Service, Dedication to Church
 Analysis
of old texts led to questioning of
translations and validity of sources.
ERASMUS, THE BIBLE AND CONTROVERSY
 Dutch
Renaissance humanist, Catholic
priest, social critic, teacher, and
theologian.
 After
lengthy study, he took issue with
the Latin Vulgate Bible, which he felt
contained translation errors from the
Greek version.
 Updated
 Faced
in 1516 and again in 1522.
Church Criticism for his work;
(unintentionally) inspired future
disobedience towards the church.
THE PRAISE OF FOLLY
 Read
and annotate source
 P1-2:
How does Erasmus compare church
leaders to the Apostles?
 P3:
What does a “modern” church leader
do, according to Erasmus?
 P4:
How does Erasmus feel about the
direction of the modern Church? What
opinions does he project on modern
churchgoers?
 HAP-P
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