12 Facts About German Renaissance

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German Renaissance, part of the Northern Renaissance, was a cultural and artistic movement that spread among German thinkers in the 15th and 16th centuries, which developed from the Italian Renaissance.

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German Renaissance was largely driven by the renewed interest in classical learning, and was the result of rapid economic development.

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Concept of the Northern Renaissance or German Renaissance is somewhat confused by the continuation of the use of elaborate Gothic ornament until well into the 16th century, even in works that are undoubtedly Renaissance in their treatment of the human figure and other respects.

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German Renaissance rapidly became famous all over Europe for his energetic and balanced woodcuts and engravings, while painting.

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5.

Presumably largely because of this, the development of German Renaissance art had virtually ceased by about 1550, but in the preceding decades German Renaissance artists had been very fertile in developing alternative subjects to replace the gap in their order books.

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6.

German Renaissance's son, Hans Holbein the Younger was an important painter of portraits and a few religious works, working mainly in England and Switzerland.

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7.

The next significant German Renaissance artists worked in the rather artificial style of Northern Mannerism, which they had to learn in Italy or Flanders.

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8.

Notable German Renaissance architects include Friedrich Sustris, Benedikt Rejt, Abraham van den Blocke, Elias Holl and Hans Krumpper.

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German Renaissance is known as the creator of the Gutenberg Bible, a crucial work that marked the start of the Gutenberg Revolution and the age of the printed book in the Western world.

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10.

German Renaissance was famous across Europe, and greatly admired in Italy, where his work was mainly known through his prints.

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11.

German Renaissance successfully integrated an elaborate Northern style with Renaissance harmony and monumentality.

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12.

Luther translated the Bible into German Renaissance, making the Christian scriptures more accessible to the general population and inspiring the standardization of the German Renaissance language.

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