Renaissance

what was the renaissance

Re-establishment/ knowledge of classical teachings

how did renaissance ideas arrive in England

Knowledge of classical learning increased amongst elite groups in society & A growing number of schools became influenced by the humanist approach to education

how did H8 introduce renaissance ideas to England

H8 saw himself as a promoter of new ideas & humanism (commissioned Italian sculpture Pietro Torrigiano to come to England) & The crown needed well-educated diplomats.

how did Thomas More introduce renaissance ideas to England

Thomas More (most important English humanist writer) combined his intellectual interests with his work as a lawyer & statesman.

what visual influence did renaissance ideas have

tombs of H8s parents and grandmother were produced by Italian sculptor Pietro Torriano in the renaissance style and are situated in the Lady Chapel of Westminster & Renaissance style of the rood screen (erected 1530s) in the chapel of King’s College, Cambridge celebrating the marriage of H8 to Anne Boyelyn

The … style remained the predominant cultural form & the same is true for painting

Gothic

the dominant painters in H8s court were from the ‘…’ which had more Gothic influences than it did to the Italian renaissance.

northern renaissance

the dominant painters in H8s court were from the ‘northern renaissance’ which had more…

Gothic influences than it did to the Italian renaissance

Tapestries at H8s court were … in origin.

Flemish

H8s building programme had more of a taste for the ...

Gothic

Wolsey’s palace at Hampton Court exhibits a more…influence

classical (Renaissance)

music was of…influence

Flemish

Whilst Italian Renaissance influences were becoming more fashionable, England’s main cultural links reflected the …

close commercial ties which existed between England and the Low Countries