THE RENAISSANCE continues in Northern Europe

The Northern RenaissanceThe Renaissance came

later to the north because of the plague and the distance from Italy.

The Northern renaissance began in Flanders - modern Belgium, The Netherlands, and northern France.

Albrecht Durer helped spread Italian ideas.

Flemish PaintersJan and Hubert van Eyck

portrayed towns people.They also developed oil

painting.Pieter Brueghel was a

leading Flemish artist who painted scenes of daily life.

Peter Paul Reubens - painted large voluptuous ladies. Hans Holbein –portraits of famous people

Reubens - Yes Reubens - No

The Northern HumanistsThe Development of the

Printing Press in Germany led to the spread of knowledge

The Philosophers Erasmus and Thomas More were great Northern thinkers and writers.

Erasmus’ In Praise of Folly,and More’s Utopia

Northern LiteratureEnglish Literature reached

it’s peak in the late 1500’s, early 1600’s.

William Shakespeare, The Plays Hamlet, Othello, Taming of the Shrew, etc.

Francois Rabelais wrote Gargantua and Pantagruel

Miquel de Cervantes wrote Don Quixote.

The Printing PressThe printing press and

cheaper paper made books accessible to most people.

Johann Gutenberg of Mainz, Germany printed a complete edition of the bible.

More people began to learn to read and write.

The printing press and free thought lead to the Protestant Reformation.