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How do the following excerpts describe humanism? Explain. “To thine own self be true, And it must follow as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man” Hamlet Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings Julius Caesar How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in’t. The Tempest The Northern Renaissance Begins Mid 1400s… • parts of northern France, Belgium and Netherlands • Northern Artists Flemish Jan and Hubert van Eyck First to use oil paint Pieter Bruegel Lively scenes of peasant life Peter painters Paul Rubens Painter and diplomat Albrecht Tried Durer – “German Leonardo” to achieve ideal beauty with careful examination of human form Pieter Bruegel’s Peasant Dance Northern Humanists & Writers Erasmus Sir Thomas More Wrote Utopia – a perfect society Beheaded for treason Shakespeare Called for reforms in Church Exposed immoral behavior of clergy English poet and playwright Tragedies and comedies Cervantes Don Quixote Printing Revolution – Johann Gutenberg developed moveable metal type in Germany Printed a complete edition of Bible Implications? 1456 Cheaper production of books Literacy increases Exposure to new ideas
