What have you learned about the idealization of the human figure (including the contrapposto pose) and the use of perspective to create 3-D space in 2-D art?

This journal is reflective and focused on your response to Renaissance art. What have you learned about the idealization of the human figure (including the contrapposto pose) and the use of perspective to create 3-D space in 2-D art? How did Renaissance art relate to Christianity? What did you find hardest in this week’s material? Provide some examples and reference particular artworks or concepts. It should be 3 pages. Use the sites below as references.
The 4th page should answer this discussion question. What did you find surprising or unexpected in this week’s material? What artwork stood out to you the most? What did you notice about it, good or bad? Share what you wrote for your “art journal” assignment so we can compare and contrast what people experienced.

The study of anatomy




Early applications of linear perspective



Leonardo, The Mona Lisa

Leonardo, Last Supper

Michelangelo, David

The many meanings of Michelangelo’s David

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Raphael, Madonna of the Goldfinch

Raphael, School of Athens

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