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The Renaissance Part II
I.
The Northern Renaissance
A. Main Idea
1. Renaissance ideas soon spread beyond Italy to northern _______
by means of trade, travel, and ___________ material, influencing
the art and ideas of the north.
B. The Renaissance Spreads North
1. __________, the movement of artists and scholars, and the
development of ____________ helped spread Renaissance ideas
north from Italy.
2. As cities grew, vast trading network spread across northern
Europe - network dominated by _________________ League,
merchant organization, 1200s to 1400s.
3. Northern Europeans traded __________, goods; spread Italian
Renaissance north.
4. Fleeing violence, Italian artists brought ______________ ideas,
painting techniques north - _____________ scholars traveled to
Italy, brought ideas home.
5. __________________ started in France, Netherlands, Germany.
C. A Book Revolution
1. Mid-1400s, ______________________________ cast letters of
alphabet on metal plates, locked metal plates on wooden press;
perfected ______________ __________ printing.
2. Before only way to reproduce writing was by ________ - with
movable type, text quickly printed; producing ________ faster,
__________ - easier access to books prompted more people to
learn to ________.
3. Gutenberg’s first publication, 1,282-page ________.
4. Printers soon appeared in other cities, made books quickly,
inexpensively - explosion of printed material quickly spread
_____________________ ideas.
D. Philosophers and Writers
1. Northern humanists expressed their own ideas - combined
interests of ______________, ____________ and ____________
- created philosophical works, novels, dramas, and poems.
2. Desiderius ______________: combined ______________ ideas,
humanism - Roman Catholic Church ____________, _________
works
3. Sir _______________________: best-known work, __________,
contains criticisms of _________ government, society - presents
vision of perfect, non-existent society based on __________.
4. _____________ de Pisan: Italian-born writer focused on role of
__________ in society - championed ___________, __________
for women.
E. Shakespeare and His Characters
1. Many believe __________ playwright William Shakespeare
greatest writer.
2. Plots not ____________, but treatments of them masterful - drew
inspiration from ancient, contemporary ______________.
3. Knowledge of natural science, humanist topics expressed in
plays.
4. Use of language, choice of themes made plays appealing even to
_________________.
5. Plays helped spread ideas of Renaissance to ________ audience focused on lives of ______________ characters, unlike morality
plays.
6. By Shakespeare’s death, 1616, __________ scene of thriving
____________ district.
F. Artists
1. Like literary counterparts, northern European artists influenced
by Italian Renaissance - adopted Italian techniques.
2. Works reflected more ______________ view of humanity - tried
to depict people as they really were.
G. Dürer and Others
1. 1400s, German artist Albrecht Dürer visited Italy - on return,
used Italian techniques of ____________, _________________.
2. Artists of Netherlands developed own style, __________ School
- used technique perfected by ______________________, 1400s
- fused the ___________ with __________; lit candle represents
God’s presence
3. 1500s, Pieter _____________ the Elder used Italian techniques paintings showed scenes from everyday _____________ life different from __________________ scenes of Italian paintings.