The Northern Renaissance

A. Clarifying As you read about the ways that northern Europeans adapted the ideas of the Renaissance, take notes to answer each question. 

1. What factors led to the beginning of the Renaissance in northern Europe? As Renaissance ideas spread out of Italy, they mingled with northern tradi- tions.

2. How did the invention of the printing press help spread learning and Renaissance ideas? possible to produce books quickly and cheaply. enabled a printer to produce hundreds of copies of a single work.

B. Drawing Conclusions Describe briefly how each of the following showed Renaissance influences in his work. 

3. Albrecht Dürer produced woodcuts and engravings. of his prints portray religious subjects. Others portray classical myths or realistic land- scapes.

4. Jan van Eyck able to create a variety of subtle colors in clothing and jewels with Oil painting

5. Pieter Bruegel the Elder very skillful in portraying large numbers of people. captured scenes from everyday peasant life such as weddings, dances, and harvests. rich colors, vivid details, and balanced use of space give a sense of life and feelings

6. Desiderius Erasmus wrote his most famous work, The Praise of Folly. He thought that in order to improve society, all people should study the Bible.

7. Thomas More wrote the book Utopia. an ideal place about an imaginary land where greed, corruption, and war have been weeded out.

8. William Shakespeare revered the classics and drew on them for inspiration and plots. works display a masterful command of the English language and a deep understanding of human beings. He revealed the souls of men and women through scenes of dramatic conflict. Plays examined human flaws.

TERMS & NAMES 1. For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.

• utopia- an ideal place 

• William Shakespeare- most famous writer of the Elizabethan Age

• Johann Gutenberg- a craftsman from Mainz, Germany, devel-

opened a printing press that incorporated a number of technologies in a new way.

2. Which of the events listed in the readings relating to the Northern Renaissance do you think was most important? Explain.

Printing changed society by making more information available and inexpensive enough for society at large. This allowed hard copies of anything to be printed.

MAIN IDEAS

3. How did Albrecht Dürer’s work reflect the influence of the Italian Renaissance?

He produced woodcuts and engravings.

his prints portray religious subjects while others portray classical myths or realistic land-

scapes.

4. What was one way the Renaissance changed society?

They had many advancements in technology and arts.

5. Why was the invention of the printing press so important?

It allowed copies to be made and they were able to be sold.