Final Essay 30 points: Choose one of the following essay discussions and write a 2-4 page essay examining the topic. The essay is to be completed and uploaded into our assignment platform by 11:59 pm on the 13th
Final Essay 30 points: Choose one of the following essay discussions and write a full essay examining the topic.
Compare and contrast the relationship of style and content in works of art from Northern Renaissance with that of works of art from Italian and/ or Spanish Renaissance. Also examine the mindset and evolution of style between these two regions and the influence from society, the merchant class, and the clash between Catholicism and Protestantism. Use specific works of art to support your discussion.
Discuss the statement “it was finally during the Renaissance period that the first female artists with notable careers originated. One of the instrumental reasons for this change came about because of the emerging attitude that the Italians had in regards to the education of women, and it is also this same attitude that filtered into other Western countries.” Who were some of the leading female artists during this period and also during the Baroque? Use specific works of art to support your discussion.
Discuss the development of graphic art, the original functions, and the processes that were developed in relief and intaglio printmaking. Examine the purported uses of graphic art during the Renaissance, and also the Baroque. Use specific works of art to support your discussion.
Compare and contrast the relationship of style and content in works of art from the Renaissance with that of works of art from the Baroque. Also examine the mindset and evolution of style between these two periods of art and the influence from society and the merchant class. Use specific works of art to support your discussion.
Compare and contrast the relationship of style and content in works of art from Northern Baroque with that of works of art from Italian and/ or Spanish Baroque. Also examine the mindset and evolution of style between these two regions and the influence from society, the merchant class, and the clash between Catholicism and Protestantism. Use specific works of art to support your discussion.
Evaluate the importance of architecture of Bramante, Giulio Romano, Palladio and Borromini. In what way does their architecture represent the attitudes and aesthetics during the High Renaissance to the Baroque? Use specific works of architecture to support your discussion.
