An extension of the Italian Renaissance to the nations Germany, Flanders, France, and England; it took on a more religious nature than the Italian Renaissance

German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)

15th century invention which revolutionized the ability to print information which in turn affected the speed of the spread of information itself.

Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441)

German engraver who brought renaissance ideas to northern Europe

A Flemish painter that lived from 1525-1569. , captured scenes from peasant weddings, dances, harvests; painted proverbs that taught morals; portrayed large numbers of people; used vivid details and rich colors

is the most famous Baroque artist who studied Michelangelo in Italy and took that Renaissance style to the next level of drama, motion, color, religion and animation, which is portrayed in his paintings

Famous Northern Renaissance artist, he often used woodcutting along with Italian Renaissance techniques like proportion, perspective and modeling. (Knight Death, and Devil; Four Apostles)

Best known Christian humanist

(1478-1535) Englishman, lawyer, politician, Chancellor for Henry VIII. Wrote Utopia which presented a revolutionary view of society, in which the problems of society were caused by greed. Executed by Henry VIII for not compromising his religious beliefs.

Former monk. French humanist, wrote the comic masterpieces Gargantua and Pantagruel, stories contained gross humor.

(1564 - 1616) English poet and playwright considered one of the greatest writers of the English language; works include Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet.

First book produced by Gutenberg around 1455.

95 Thesis, posted in 1517, led to religious reform in Germany, denied papal power and absolutist rule.

Albrecht Durer's nickname

1500, Albrecht Duhrer, Munich, Germany, Oil on panel

a thriving trading region where the northern Renaissance began

Successful and wealthy

Art form in which an artist etches a design on a metal plate with acid and then uses the plate to make multiple prints

a fictional work in where people were humble, thrifty, kind, generous, hardworking, simple, and equal in social standing

A folk epic and comic masterpiece by Rabelais that satirized French society and attacked clerical education and monastic orders; championed secular learning

English king who created the Church of England after the Pope refused to annul his marriage (divorce with Church approval)

Built in 1599, this is a famous theater in London where many of William Shakespeare's best-known plays were first performed

flows through the center of England and through London

Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear

Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure, The Tempest

Richard III, Henry IV parts one and two, Henry V

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day and To me, fair friend, you never can be old; 154 total, fourteen lines, iambic pentameter

Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church beginning in 1519. It spit the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the 'protesters' forming several new Christian denominations, including the Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anglican Churches, among many others.

Pieter Brueghel

Jan van Eyck