Artistic Ideas Spread
Writers Try to Reform Society
Elizabethan Age
Printing Spreads Renaissance Ideas
Legacy of the Renaissance
100
Who was Albrecht Durer?
A painter
100
What were Italian humanists interested in reviving?
Classical languages and classical texts
100
Who was the ruler of England during the Elizabethan Age?
Queen Elizabeth I
100
How were books made before the printing press?
By hand
100
What happened to people when books became more available?
They became more educated.
200
What year did Durer go to study in Italy?
1494
200
The criticism of northern humanists to convert people to live a Christian life was called what?
Christian Humanism
200
Around what years did the Renaissance begin in England?
Mid 1500
200
What group of people made the block printer?
The Chinese
200
The Renaissance was a great period of what?
Artistic and Social Change
300
What did Durer paint?
Landscapes and classical myth
300
Who was the best known Christian Humanist?
Desiderius Erasmus
300
Who was the most famous writer in England during the Elizabethan Age?
William Shakespeare
300
What Century did Gutenberg make the printing press?
14th Century
300
What did the arts praise?
Individual Achievement
400
What type of painter was Jan van Eyck?
Flemish Renaissance
400
What did Erasmus believe people should do to improve society?
Read the Bible
400
Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford-upon-Avon
400
What was the first complete book printed on the movable printing press?
The Bible
400
How did printing help society?
It made information more available and a cheaper price for society.
500
What British royal did Hans Holbein make a portrait of?
King Henry IV
500
Christine de Pizan was one of the few European writers to speak out against what?
The different treatment of boys and girls
500
How did Shakespeare reveal the souls of men and women?
Through dramatic conflict.
500
Who is the person that made the printing press?
John Gutenberg
500
What new things did people do when they were educated that they hadn't when not educated?
They began to question political structures and religious practices.
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