ITALIAN NORTHERN Ideal beauty Religious and
mythology scenes
Intense realism Religious and domestic
scenes
(Early) Italian Renaissance Style, a generalized approach, bust and no hands (Alesso Baldovinetti)
Northern Renaissance Style, attention to detail, landscape in background (Jean Hey)
If the church If the church can’t protect us, can’t protect us, can we make can we make our own lives our own lives better?better?
AFTER THE PLAGUE…
DUTCH WRITER
PRAISE OF FOLLY
SATIRIZED SOCIAL EVILS (LIKE PREJUDICE & CHURCH ABUSE) TO ENCOURAGE REFORM
ENGLISH
UTOPIA
PORTRAYED THE PERFECT SOCIETY, FREE OF WAR, INJUSTICE, POVERTY, AND IGNORANCE
FRENCH
GARGANTUA
SATIRIZED EDUCATION, POLITICS & PHILOSOPHY
WE SHOULD LIVE BY INSTINCTS NOT RULES
FLORENTINE
THE PRINCE
WROTE ABOUT POLITICS & POWER
THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS
ENGLISH
HAMLET, MACBETH
DEPICTED HISTORY THROUGH POEMS & PLAYS
“TO BE OR NOT TO BE…”
GERMAN
INVENTED THE PRINTING PRESS
CREATED THE GUTENBERG BIBLE PRINTED IN LATIN
PRICE OF BOOKS DROPPED NEW IDEAS SPREAD QUICKLY BIBLE LATER PRINTED IN VERNACULAR RISE OF LITERACY PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR RELIGION
BETTER PEOPLE BEGAN TO OPENLY QUESTION
THE PRACTICES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
IN GROUPS OF THREE:IDENTIFY 3 CHARACTERISTICS OF A “PERFECT SOCIETY”
IDENTIFY A SOCIAL VICE THAT PREVENTS SUCH A SOCIETY TODAY
CREATE A 3 PERSON / 2-3 MINUTE SKIT FOCUSING ON A SOCIAL VICE TO “SHAME” THE AUDIENCE INTO CHANGING THEIR BEHAVIOR.