2. Italy had many wars because of conflict with
France, many artists writers left
◦ Allowed many to bring their talents back home
Flemish painters (Denmark)
◦ Layered oil based paints- technique still used today
Revealed personality of subjects
◦ Everyday life
3. Critical of the Church’s failure to inspire people
to live a Christian life
◦ Movement called Christian humanism
Poked fun at greedy merchants, pompous
priests, heartsick lovers, quarrelsome scholars
Utopia- “no place” in English means perfect
society
◦ Thomas More wrote about land with no greed,
corruption, money, war
