It was the same thing. Answer! No it was not the same thing. Try these websites for help: http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/north_ren.htm and http://academicdecathlon.wikispaces.com/file/view/Italian+and+Northern+Renaissance.pdf
Engravings and woodcuts
The Renaissance outside of Italy combined a little bit of the old, Italian style with some of the new Northern Renaissance style. This renaissance was spurred by the invention of the printing press.
Northern Renaissance: nation-states Italy: city-states Northern: strongly influenced by church Italy: less influenced by church Northern: began after Italy Italy: began before Northern Northern: focused on bible, church Italy: focused on classics (Greek/Roman)
The Italian renaissance was a period of time (1330-1550) In Italy. It was the rise of Humanism.
A symbolic still life.
They are not the same. Italian Renaissance and Northern Renaissance painting styles break with preceding styles but in different ways.
A Northern Renaissance painter was more likely to produce oil paintings than an Italian Renaissance painter, who typically favored fresco and tempera. Additionally, Northern Renaissance painters often depicted landscapes and genre scenes, whereas Italian Renaissance painters focused more on religious and classical subjects.
The Mona Lisa was painted Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian Renaissance painter and inventor.
realism and expression
One is Northern and the other is Italian :)
Symbolism was a major part of Italian/northern Renaissance art, and dogs were used to symbolize loyalty.
Giulietta Chelazzi Dini has written: 'Pittura senese' -- subject(s): Italian Painting, Medieval Painting, Painting, Italian, Painting, Medieval, Painting, Renaissance, Renaissance Painting
Franco Russoli has written: 'Painting of the Renaissance' -- subject(s): Italian Painting, Renaissance Painting 'La raccolta Berenson' -- subject(s): Italian Painting, Painting, Private collections
Northern Renaissance artists blended Italian Renaissance ideas with their own primarily through the religious ideas of the humanists.
John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy has written: 'Italian Gothic sculpture in the Victoria & Albert Museum' -- subject(s): Gothic Sculpture, Italian Sculpture, Sculpture, Gothic, Sculpture, Italian 'Sienese quattrocento painting' -- subject(s): History, Painting, Painting, Renaissance, Painting, Sienese, Renaissance Painting, Sienese Painting 'Sassetta' 'The study and criticism of Italian sculpture' -- subject(s): Italian Sculpture, Renaissance Sculpture, Sculpture, Italian, Sculpture, Renaissance 'The portrait in the Renaissance' -- subject(s): Portrait painting, Renaissance, Portraits, Renaissance, Renaissance Portrait painting, Renaissance Portraits 'Donatello's relief of the Ascension with Christ giving the keys to St. Peter' 'An introduction to Italian sculpture' -- subject(s): Baroque Sculpture, Gothic Sculpture, Italian Sculpture, Renaissance Sculpture, Sculpture, Baroque, Sculpture, Gothic, Sculpture, Italian, Sculpture, Renaissance 'Giovanni di Paolo.' 'Tiziano' -- subject(s): Catalogs 'Giovanni di Paolo, 1403-1483' 'Samson and a Philistine' 'Raphael'
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