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Chapter 1: The Renaissance and
Reformation
The Renaissance in the North
(Day 2)
The Renaissance in the North
A. The Printing Revolution
1) In 1455, Johann Gutenberg produces the first complete Bible
using a printing press.
2) Printed books are cheaper and easier to produce.
3) Books become more readily available.
4) More people learn to read.
B. Artists and Writers
1) Flemish painter Jan van Eyck portrays townspeople and
religious scenes in realistic detail.
2) Flemish painter Peter Bruegel uses vibrant colors to portray
scenes of peasant life.
3) Flemish painter Peter Paul Reubens blends realistic tradition of
Flemish painters with classical themes of the Italian
Renaissance.
4) German painter Albrecht Dürer applies painting techniques to
engraving.
The Renaissance in the North
C. Humanists
1) Humanists stress education and classical learning to bring
religious and moral reform.
2) Erasmus spreads humanism to a wider audience and calls for a
translation of the Bible into the vernacular.
3) Sir Thomas More writes Utopia, which describes an ideal
society where people live in peace and harmony.
4) William Shakespeare expresses universal themes and
Renaissance ideals in his poems and plays.
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