Dr. Brown asserts that during the Renaissance, European culture crystallized around a celebration of the values of individualism (the autonomous individual), realism and the love of technology.
Describe the formal discoveries of perspective and the vanishing point and then discuss their importance in contributing to the values of individualism, realism and the love of technology.
What artworks dramatically demonstrate these new ways of seeing?
In what was does The Arnolfini Wedding by Jan van Eyck depart from the vanishing point? In what ways does Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper demonstrate the vanishing point?
Discuss the different approaches of Leonardo da Vinci and Sofonisba Anguissola to painting Renaissance women.
Finally, discuss the importance of Johann Gutenberg.
What contemporary values/examples/advertising do you see in our social media that carry on the values of the Renaissance?
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