The northern renaissanceThe northern renaissance

How the “R” spreads to Europe• Plague is over • 100 years war is over• Fast growing cities• And lots of $$$ to be made

“NR” is a little different• No “uppity” city-states…had monarchies• Kings and nobles resp. for the R spread to Europe• More emphasis on religion not “human”

The big mover and shakerThe big mover and shaker

The northern renaissanceThe northern renaissanceThe Chateau de Chambord• Wanted to be near his mistress• Built as his hunting lodge• 20 years to build

The northern renaissanceThe northern renaissanceThe Chateau Fontainebleau• Francis I “house”• “Where the “R” was introduced to France• DaVinci had paintings displayed

The northern renaissanceThe northern renaissanceThe Chateau de St. Germain-en-Laye • Charles V house• Napoleon’s headquarters• Now museum

Art followed the Italian techniques and used a lot of perspective and realism.

• Some of the bigger names:

NR ArtNR Art

Albrecht Durer

Hans Holbein (the Younger)

Look at the detail

Jan van Eyck

Gutenberg and Printing Press Spreads “R”Gutenberg and Printing Press Spreads “R”

• 1450 Gutenberg invents the printing press

• First book ever printed was Bible aka Gutenberg Bible

• 3 years for monk…180 days for Gutenberg

• Hundreds of copies could be made, books became cheap

• 1500 already 9-10 million books printed

• No more Latin books now local languages (vernacular)

• Now people could interpret Bible themselves

• Begin to question the Church-leads to Luther