Early Renaissance art in both Northern and Southern Europe.
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, 1305–06 Masaccio, The Tribute Money , c. 1427 Perugino, 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-d...