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The Northern Renaissance (Northern writers try to reform society (Women’s…

- - - - Families could only afford formal school and usually sent their sons.
        
        Christine de Pizan was highly educated at the time and was one of the first women to earn a living as a writer
        
        Christine de Pizan was one of the first European writers to question different treatment of boys and girls.
        
        What does de Pizan argue for in this passage?
        
        Leadership
  - - - In 1509, Erasmus wrote his most famous work, The Praise of Folly. The book poked fun at greedy merchants, heartsick lovers, quarrelsome scholars, and pompous priests.
        
        Thomas More tried to show a better model of society. In 1516, he wrote the book Utopia. Utopia means no place.
        
        The book is about an imaginary land where greed, corruption, and war have been weeded out.
  - - - The humanist promoted the education of women and founded schools attended by both boys and girls.
- - - - As a result, the northern Renaissance developed its own character.
      - The Renaissance ideal of human dignity inspired some northern humanists to develop plans for social reform based on Judeo-Christian values.
      - How did the Northern Renaissance differ from the Italian Renaissance?
- - - - Wealthy merchant families helped make Flanders the artistic center of Europe. the first great Flemish renaissance painter was Jan Van Eyek. He used Oil based paints still in use today. He painted layer by layer. he created a variety of colors for clothes and jewelry and brought hi techniques to Italy.
      - along with techniques, van eyek also displayed unusually realistic detail.his work influenced later artists in northern Europe.
      - Flemish painting reached its peak in 1550 after an artist named Pieter Bruegel. He was interested in individual details and people. He was skilled in displaying large groups of people. He captured the days of peasant life in paintings of weddings, dances, and harvests. The way he made his painting gave a sense of life and feeling.
      - ART/CULTURE
      - Jan Van Eyck's work
    - - Dürer's work also influenced another artist named Hans Holbein. He specialized in portraits with extreme detail that made them look almost photographed. He immigrated to England and painted king Henry IIV and other royal members.
      - German artist Albrecht Dürer traveled to Italy to study in 1494. when he returned he made engravings and woodcuts. Many of the prints portray religious subjects. others are myths and landscapes. His work helped spread the Renaissance styles.
      - why were most of the painters German?
- - - - The most famous writer of this time
      - Shakespeare revered the classics and dew on them for inspiration.
      - Shakespeares famous plays include:
        Tragedies: Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet and King Lear.
        Comedies: A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Taming of the Shrew
      - Value
- - - - by the 13th century block printing reached Europe, but its form of printing was to slow for the renaissance's hunger for knowledge.
        
        how come more people didn't just start printing books? it was a big industry at that time wasn't it?
      - in 1450 a german craftsman named Johann Gutenberg created a printing press that changed multiple technologies. this process made it easy to produce books quickly and cheaply. useing this process, Gutenberg ended up printing the first full bible.
      - this printer enabled people to print hundreds of copies of a single work. Books finally became cheap enough for people to buy them. First things were printed consisted of mainly religious works. later things like travel guides and medical works would be printed.
        
        would their travel guides look like our atlas'?
      - INOVATION