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The first piece of artwork I chose was Masaccio's Holy Trinity, Florence, Italy, ca. 1428 (Video #3, part 1). It is a fresco in the Santa Maria Novella. It showcases two principal interests of the Florentine Renaissance; realism based on observation and pictorial organization based on mathematics. The Virgin Mary and Saint John flank Christ, while God the Father emerges from behind and supports the crucified Christ. Classical columns and a monumental barrel vault frame Christ and God. It is a powerful image that takes the viewers from deep sorrow of death to the joyful hope of resurrection.
My next choice was Jan Van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride, 1434 (Video #3, part 2). In this oil painting the shifty eyed merchant holds his right hand in the air while the left holds the hand of his bride. The painting shows the trend of Northern painters to use many translucent layers of pigment with quick drying oils to paintings with convincing pictoralism. The painting......

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Title: Art Of The Western World
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