Wednesday, May 22, 2019

The Northern Renaissance Questions

Utopia- Means "no place" in Greek. Thomas More wrote a book in 1516 called Utopia to show a better model for society

William Shakespeare- Most famous writer in the Elizabethan Age. Famous for many plays he wrote, and wrote a speech to address the Renaissance's view on human nature.

Johann Gutenberg- Craftsman from Mainz, Germany and developed the printing press to spread news (Gutenberg Press)

3. He was the only artist to draw things as they really were, drew a real animal in "young hare".

4. The Renaissance changed society by inspiring a new form of art that is purely realistic things and not just fake, mythological things.

5. The printing press was so important because it allowed for news/books to be produced on a much larger scale and to be shared far quicker.

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