Early Renaissance Art
Early Renaissance Art
For this week’s discussion assignment, you will explore the
characteristics of Early Renaissance art in both Northern and
Southern Europe. Address each part of the assignment below:Part
1
Two of the great innovations of the Renaissance in painting were
the artist’s ability to depict a more contemporary world, and to
create the illusion of a three-dimensional world in a painting. By
studying and comparing paintings created in Italy from the
fourteenth and the fifteenth centuries, you can see how this
innovation developed:Giotto. Lamentation Fresco in the Scrovegni
(Arena) Chapel, 1305–06Masaccio,
The Tribute Money, c. 1427Perugino, Christ Giving the Keys to St.
Peter, 1481
In a minimum of 2 well-developed paragraphs, identify and
describe at least 3 specific details or elements that progressively
illustrate the artist’s concern for depicting a more natural world
and for creating the illusion of three-dimensional space on the
two-dimensional surface of the painting.
Part 2
As we learned this week, art historians analyze a work of art using
a specific vocabulary to describe its physical and visual
properties, and by interpreting its subject matter, symbolism, and
socio-historical context. Select one of the following paintings:Jan
Van Eyck, Double Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife,

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