For prompt 1 you will give a formal analysis of an artwork (formal analysis example attached) For prompts 2 – 5 you will provide thorough and supported essay answers:
Prompt 1. Please provide a formal analysis of this artwork. The piece is Fig. 22-25 in your textbook. Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Return of the Hunters, 1565. Oil on wood panel, 3’10-1/2″ × 5’3-3/4″ (1.18 × 1.61 m).
Prompt 2. As the Italian Renaissance evolved in the 15th century artists began to focus on specific traits that would reach a pinnacle in the 16th Century High Renaissance. Name and describe three stylistic traits that are specific to this period.
Prompt 3. The Northern European Renaissance evolved with unique styles, motivations, and traits. Choose a Northern European art work and use the piece to describe artistic elements which are distinct to the Northern style.
Prompt 4. Italian Mannerism emerged and quickly reacted to the strictly rational High Renaissance. Describe two stylistic changes attributed to this movement and some theory as to why these changes took place.
Prompt 5. Baroque art was the result and hundreds of years of political, religious, and social changes. As society changed it allowed for new traits and styles in the art of the time. Describe what some of these Baroque traits were and the significance to their socioeconomic and/or sociopolitical surroundings.