Late 1400s:
1) Cultural Integration
- Italian artists interact with others from Europe
- War in Italy in late 1400s
2) Growth of Towns
- Hundred Year War ended in 1453
- peace allows growth of trade
- create a wealthy merchant class
3) support from political powers
- England and France have strong monarchy
- supports art
- consider them a source of national pride
4) Northern Artists and Writers
- different from Italian Renaissance
- Northern scholars dont study classical as much
- works more detailed in presentation of everyday life
5) German/Flemish Painters
- Durer (German)
- woodcut "Four Horsemen of Apacolypse"
- Jan Van Eysk and Peter Bruegel (Flemish)
- Flemish = Modern day Belgium
- paintings often show peasants dancing or children playing
6) Northern Writers
William Shakespeare
- born in 1564 England
- writes tragedies, comedies and history plays
- best known works: Romeo and Juliet, A midsummer night dream,Hamlet
Elizabeth Age
- Period named after Queen Elizabeth
- Promoted arts
- Well educated + speaks several languages
Advances in Science and Technology
1) Math
- Algebra (Letters to algebraic equations)
2)science
- New theories about universe, anatomy and cartography
Printing Press:
- John Gutenberg invents
- 1455 Gutenberg bible
Impact of printing:
- Books become cheaper
- ,many people can now buy
Artists can write in their own vernacular (native language)
- Before they wrote in Latin
Now many books including bible, are written in many languages
- allow people to read and interprel for themselves meaning of book
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