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• What are the 4 new techniques of painting that
  came from the Renaissance in Italy?
• Name the 4 TMNT and 1 work of art from each of
  them.
• Which of the works of art we viewed did you like
  the best and why?

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The Northern Renaissance
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Objectives

• Explain how the Renaissance spread.
• Compare and contrast the Italian Renaissance with
  the Northern Renaissance.

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Spread of the Renaissance

• Reasons
• Guttenberg's Printing Press.
• Use of the vernacular.
• Trade.

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Johann Gutenberg

• 1455
• Printing Press
• Produce books 500x faster
• Books were cheaper
• Non religious books were printed

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Vernacular

• the everyday language of the people in a country
  or region, as distinct from official or formal
  language

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Trade

• Population begins to increase
• Trade increases
• Diffusion of Culture
• Ideas spread

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Writers of the Northern Renaissance

• By the 1500s, Renaissance ideas began to spread
  throughout Europe
• In the Northern Renaissance, writers focused more
  on ethics than they did in Italy

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Writers of the Northern Renaissance

• Thomas More (1478-1535)
• Wrote Utopia
• Wrote about Ideal society
• Ideal society was classless, all things were
  owned by everyone

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Writers of the Northern Renaissance

• Erasmus (1466-1536)
• Wrote Praise of Folly
• Satirized human stupidity, greed and intolerance
• Made fun of the teachings of the church
• Satire use of irony and sarcasm to make fun of
  the world

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Writers of the Northern Renaissance

• William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
• Shakespeare was one of the greatest playwrights
  of all time
• Like Dante in Italy, Shakespeare was an influence
  on the language of England
• Shakespeare invented words like amazement,
  dislocated, lackluster and premeditated

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Shakespeare Movies

• Comedy of Errors (1978), starring Judi Dench and
  Francesca Annis and directed by Philip Casson and
  Trevor Nunn.
• Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, (1980), (BBC-TV)
  starring Patrick Stewart and directed by Rodney
  Bennett.
• The Merry Wives of Windsor, (1982), (BBC-TV),
  starring Ben Kingsley and directed by David Hugh
  Jones.
• The Tempest, (1982), directed by Paul Mazursky.
• Ran (1985), (based on King Lear), directed by
  Akira Kurosawa.
• King Lear, (1987), directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
• Henry V, (1989), directed by Kenneth Branagh.
• Romeo and Juliet, (1990), starring Francesca
  Annis, Vanessa Redgrave and Ben Kingsley.
  Directed by Armando Acosta II.
• Hamlet, (1991), directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
• Prospero's Books, (1991), (based on The Tempest),
  directed by Peter Greeneway.
• As You Like It, (1992), directed by Christine
  Edzard.
• Much Ado about Nothing, (1993), directed by
  Kenneth Branagh.
• Othello, (1995), directed by Oliver Parker.
• William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, (1996),
  starring Leonardo Di Caprio and Claire Danes.
  Directed by Baz Luhrman.
• Hamlet, (1996), starring Kenneth Branagh, Richard
  Attenborough, Judi Dench, Billy Crystal and Kate
  Winslet. Directed by Kenneth Branagh.
• Twelfth Night, (1996), starring Helena Bonham
  Carter, Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Kingsley, Imogen
  Stubbs and Mel Smith. Directed by Trevor Nunn.
• Looking for Richard, (1996), directed by Al
  Pacino.
• Shakespeare in Love, (1998), starring Gwyneth
  Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush and Judi Dench. Directed
  by John Madden, written by Marc Norman and Tom
  Stoppard. Loosely inspired by Cesario / Viola of
  Twelfth Night Or What You Will and Romeo and
  Juliet.
• 10 Things I Hate About You, (1999), (based on The
  Taming of the Shrew), starring Julia Stiles and
  Heather Ledge. Directed by Gil Junger.

• The Taming of the Shrew, (1929), featuring
  Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford.
• Romeo and Juliet, (1935). Directed by George
  Cukor.
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, (1935). Directed by
  Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle.
• As You Like It, (1936). Directed by Paul Czinner.
• Henry V, (1945). Directed by Lawrence Olivier.
• Macbeth, (1948). Directed by Orson Welles (War of
  the Worlds, Animal Farm, 1984).
• Hamlet, (1948). Directed. by Lawrence Olivier.
• Othello, (1952). Directed by Orson Welles.
• Julius Caesar, (1953). Directed by Joseph L.
  Mankiewicz.
• Romeo and Juliet, (1954). Directed by Renato
  Castellani.
• Richard III, (1955). Directed by Lawrence
  Olivier.
• Othello, (1956). Directed by Sergei Jutkevitsh.
• Forbidden Planet (based on The Tempest), (1956).
  Directed by Fred M. Wilcox.
• Throne of Blood / The Castle of the Spider's Web
  / Cobweb Castle (1957), (derived from Macbeth).
  Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
• The Tempest (1960), (TV) starring Richard Burton.
  Directed by George Schaefer.
• Hamlet (1964), starring Richard Burton. Directed
  by Bill Colleran and John Gielgud.
• Hamlet, (1964), directed by Grigori Kozintsev.
• The Taming of the Shrew, (1967), starring
  Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Directed by
  Franco Zeffirelli
• Romeo and Juliet, (1968), directed by Franco
  Zeffirelli.

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Questions

• What are the 3 reasons the Renaissance spread
  North?
• What is the definition of vernacular?
• List the 3 writers from the Northern Renaissance
  and who do you think is the most influential?

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Renaissance Art in Northern Europe

• Italy ? change was inspired by humanism
• emphasis on the revival of the values of classic
  Greece Rome.
• No. Europe ? change was driven by religious
  reform
• return to Christian values
• Interest in landscapes.
• emphasis on middle-class/peasant life.

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Jan van Eyck

• Jan van Eyck
• created realistic images
• Very detailed
• Used subtle colors

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Van Eyck? The CrucifixionThe Last
Judgment ?1420-1425
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Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife(Wedding
Portrait) Jan Van Eyck1434
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Jan van Eyck - Giovanni Arnolfini His Wife
(details)
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Massys The Moneylender His Wife, 1514
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Hans Holbein, the Younger (1497-1543)

• One of the great German artists
• Henry VIII was his patron from 1536.
• Great portraitist noted for
• Objectivity detachment.
• Doesnt conceal the weaknesses of his subjects.

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Holbeins, The Ambassadors, 1533
A Skull
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Multiple Perspectives
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Hans Holbein the Younger

• Paintings of the British royal family in almost
  photographic detail.
• The Tudors (British Royal Family)

Henry VIII
Jane Seymour
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569)

• A master of landscapes not a portraitist.
• People in his works often have round, blank,
  faces.
• They are expressionless, mindless, and sometimes
  malicious.
• They are types, rather than individuals.
• Their purpose is to convey a message.

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Bruegels, Tower of Babel, 1563
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Bruegels, Mad Meg, 1562
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Peasant WeddingPieter Bruegel
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Questions

• What was the subject of art in the Northern
  Renaissance?
• Why were van Eycks paintings unusual?

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TO DO

• In Class Introduce Project
• Homework Work on Study Guide