1. THE RENAISSANCE IN THE NORTH
Ch. 13, sec. 2

2. THE PRINTING REVOLUTION
 Johann Gutenberg
 Invented the printing press
 Printed the first complete
edition of the Christian Bible
 Books became cheaper
 Easier to produce
 What was the impact of the
printing press?

3. FLANDERS
 Birthplace of the
northern
Renaissance
 Center of trade-
spread of ideas
 Flemish Painters
 Jan Van Eyck
 Pieter Bruegel-
scenes of
peasants
 Peter Paul
Rubens

4. VAN EYCK-
PORTRAIT OF
GIOVANNI
ARNOLFINI AND
HIS WIFE

5. BRUEGEL- WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH SKATERS
AND A BIRD TRAP

6. RUBENS- THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS

7. ALBRECHT DURER
 German painter
 “Leonardo of the
North”
 Travelled to Italy to
study art
 Also mastered the art
of engraving
 Often portrayed
religious upheaval

8. NORTHERN HUMANISTS AND WRITERS
 Focused on education
 Wanted religious ad moral reform
 Many began writing in everyday language of
the common people, instead of Latin
 Appealed to the middle class

9. ERASMUS
 Priest and humanist
 Wanted the Bible to be
translated into the common
vernacular
 Two core beliefs:
 Be open minded
 Show good will toward others
 Hated the corruption in the
Catholic church

10. SIR THOMAS MORE
 Humanist writer
 Wrote Utopia
 ideal society
 peace and harmony
 all are educated
 everyone works
 Many believe achieve a
Utopian society is
impossible.

11. RABELAIS
 French humanist
 Monk, physician,
scholar, author
 Wrote Gargantua and
Pantagruel
 Surface level- Story
of two gentle giants
 Deeper meaning-
metaphor for religious
and educational
reform

12. SHAKESPEARE
 Poet and playwright
 Wrote 37 plays- still performed
today
 Universal themes- love, tragedy,
comedy
 “not for an age, but for all time”