The Northern Renaissance

• The Northern Renaissance occurred in Europe, North of the Alps.
• The ideas of the Italian Renaissance highly influenced the Northern Renaissance.
• It refers to art, architecture, and philosophy that took place outside of Italy.
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Durer the German Painter

• Durer was a German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist.
• Durer is the first Western artist for who an entire era is named after.

Holbein the German Painter

• The first half of his life was spent in Basel except for short intervals in Lucerne, Lombardy, and France.
• He was an outstanding portrait and religious painter of the Northern Renaissance

Van Eyck the Flemish Painter

• He used oil painting in his portraits and panel paintings.
• In 1432, van Eyck painted "Adoration of the Lamb" and the altarpiece for the Church of St. Bavon, Ghent.

Bruegel the Flemish Painter

• He is well known for his paintings of peasants and landscapes.
• He was often nicknamed Peasant Bruegel. He sometimes went to weddings and meals dresses like a poor peasant to get ideas for his paintings, and to better mingle with people.

Erasmus the Christian Humanist

• He was ordained priest of the Roman Catholic Church and studied at the University of Paris
• Erasmus' influence began to be felt in Europe after 1500.

More the Christian Humanist

• He is the author of "Utopia," he was beheaded for opposing the religious policy of Henry VIII.
• Thomas More exemplifies the political and spiritual upheaval of the Renaissance.

Christine de Pizan

• He is considered a pioneering feminist writer
• He is one of the most notable women writers of medieval times.
• He was born in Venice, Italy.