Western Civilization I / Unit 13 WC1 1227 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Northern Renaissance: More, Dürer, Christian Humanism
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The idea
North of the Alps humanism turned Christian: Erasmus's scholarship, Thomas More's Utopia of fifteen sixteen, an ideal commonwealth read on the primary layer, and Albrecht Dürer's engravings carrying Italian technique into Germany. Christian humanism, the witness's term, sought reform through learning.
In practice
Van Eyck and the Low Countries' painters by mid-century.
Where people slip
Witness and primary layer; the anchor gives Erasmus alone.
Your place on the trail
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