what factors led to the beginning of the renaissance in Northern Europe?
an increase in population and a better economy
how did the invention of the printing press help spread learning and renaissance ideas?
allowed more information available and inexpensive enough for society at large.
albrecht dürer
produced woodcuts and engravings
jan can eyck
used oil based paints and created colors by layering paints
Pieter Bruegel the elder
interested in realistic details and individual people.
captured scenes from everyday life
desiderius Erasmus
believed in Christianity of the heart, not one of ceremonies and rulers
Thomas more
wrote about a land where money wasn't needed because greed, corruption and war did not exist
William Shakespeare
displayed a masterful command of the English language and a deep understanding of human beings
renaissance painters in Flanders, as in Italy, tended to produce work that was...
realistic
in Greek, the word utopia means...
"no place"
the first use of movable type was in...
Germany
the printing press was invented by...
Johann Gutenburg
which of the following correctly matches the author with something he or she wrote?
Thomas more & utopia
which of the following did desiderius Erasmus and Thomas more have in common?
both were considered humanists
what was one important and lasting result of the invention of the printing press?
enabled an author to produce hundreds of copies of a single work and was cheap enough that it many people could buy the books it produced
