AP European History / Unit 1: Renaissance and Exploration
1.3 Northern Renaissance
Notes
North of the Alps, Christian humanism applied humanist methods to religious texts (Erasmus, Thomas More's Utopia). Northern art showed detailed realism (Jan van Eyck, Dürer, Bruegel).
Practice
Erasmus was a leading:
In Praise of Folly.
Northern Renaissance art is known for:
Oil painting.
Thomas More's Utopia described:
Social criticism.
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