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Van Eyck Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (detail) How did classical knowledge of the ancient Greeks and Romans foster humanism in the Italian Renaissance? Humanism ? Celebrated the individual ? Stimulated the study of Greek and Roman literature and culture ? Was supported by wealthy patrons PetrarchSonnets, humanistscholarship Francesco Petrarch 1304-1374 Assembled Greek and Roman writings. Wrote Sonnets to Laura, love poems in the Vernacular Northern Renaissance ? Growing wealth in Northern Europe supported Renaissance ideas. ? Northern Renaissance thinkers merged humanist ideas with Christianity. ? The movable type printing press and the production and sale of books (Gutenberg Bible) helped disseminate ideas. Northern Renaissance writers ? Erasmus—The Praise of Folly (1511) ? Sir Thomas More—Utopia (1516) Northern Renaissance artists portrayed religious and secular subjects. Literature flourished during the Renaissance This can be greatly attributed to Johannes Gutenberg In 1455 Gutenberg printed the first book produced by using moveable type. The Bible Erasmus Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus Pushed for a Vernacular form of the Bible “I disagree very much with those who are unwilling that Holy Scripture, translated into the vernacular, be read by the uneducated . . . As if the strength of the Christian religion consisted in the ignorance of it” The Praise of Folly Used humor to show the immoral and ignorant behavior of people, including the clergy. He felt people would be open minded and be kind to others. Sir Thomas More English Humanist Wrote: Utopia A book about a perfect society Believed men and women live in harmony. No private property, no one is lazy, all people are educated and the justice system is used to end crime instead of executing criminals. Bibliography Images from: C Web Gallary of Art www.wga.hu STANDARD WHI.13a The student will demonstrate knowledge of developments leading to the Renaissance in Europe in terms of it