Compare and contrast the Italian Renaissance with the northern Renaissance. – Flashcards

Both imitated nature through emotional intensity through religious scenes.

Northern Artistic Renaissance focused more on empirical observation and accurately paying attention to details of visual reality. The Italian Artistic Renaissance, however, accurately portrayed visual reality through proportion, perspective, and human anatomy. Italian artists portrayed mostly classical mythology, while Northern artists portrayed mostly domestic interiors and portraits.

Both standards of literature portrayed the belief that it was an individual's duty to participate in their community and ascend toward union with God

Christian humanist literacy believed that the concepts of Christianity ought to be philosophies for individual everyday life, rather than following in the corruption of the church heresy/papacy. Northern humanists sought cooperation and reason over power and fame. Pantheism: theory of heavenliness being found in all aspects of nature Neoplatonism: hierarchy of substances and theory of spiritual love

Both believed in the power of education, individualism, and cultivated knowledge of the Classics, scriptures, and writings from early Christianity.

While Italian humanism focused on the upper-middle class, Christian humanism focused more on the majority of the population, or the lower class. Italian humanism prioritized improving the intellect and his own metaethics, but Christian humanism focused more on the religious simplicity of daily life and the necessity for self-improvement.